Incidental music for Thomas Wallace Keene's performances in various plays [manuscript], 19th century.

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Incidental music for Thomas Wallace Keene's performances in various plays [manuscript], 19th century.

Contains manuscript orchestral parts bound in a single music binder. Music for Thomas Wallace Keene's performances in Louis XI (15 pieces), The merchant of Venice (4 pieces), Hamlet (18 pieces), Richelieu (11 pieces), Othello (3 pieces), and Romeo and Juliet (5 pieces). The items consist of curtain tunes, trumpet calls, waltzes and marches ("Dead march," "Grand march"). In addition, parts for two songs at the conclusion of the volume, both intended for use in Merchant of Venice, neither with text underlay: Tosti's "Venetian song" and Louis Gregh's "Open thy lattice."

1 v. of ms. music ; 35 x 29 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7887562

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Gregh, Louis, 1843-1915

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First performed in Paris at the Théâtre-Mondain, 29 March 1895. Cf. Clément, F. Dictionnaire des operas. From the description of Le capitaine Roland : opéra-comique en 2 actes, paroles de Armand Lafrique, musique de Louis Gregh : manuscript, 1895 Feb. 5. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 656153554 Epithet: composer and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000148 ...

Markwell, W. R. S. (William Robert S.)

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000334 ...

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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Tosti, Sir Paolo, 1846-1916

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 92 Finchley Road, N.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Feb. 2 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125573 Italian song composer and singing teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 15 December 1908, to an unidentified recipient. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677806 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 26 D...

Hanford, Charles B. (Charles Barnum), 1859-1926

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Keene, T. W. (Thomas Wallace), 1840-1898

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