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Don John : an operatic drama

Title
Don John : an operatic drama / the music composed and arranged for the piano forte by W.H. Ware and Henry R. Bishop, Composer & director of the music to the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Author
Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855.
Publication
London : Published by Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20, Soho Square ; Dublin : 7, Westmorland St., [1821]

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Additional Authors
  • Ware, W. (William)
  • Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841.
  • Covent Garden Theatre.
  • Drexel Collection.
Description
1 vocal score (88 p.); 33 cm.
Alternative Title
Two Violettas
Subject
Incidental music > Excerpts > Vocal scores with piano
Note
  • Overture arr. for piano with instrumental cues indicated; songs for 1-5 voices, chorus and piano.
  • Separate caption title with imprint and additional pagination for each song.
  • Title from caption: Don John or The two Violettas.
  • Incidental music to the play by Frederick Reynolds (based on Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's play The chances) first performed at Covent Garden, London, February 20, 1821 (Cf. Grove [Oxford Music Online]).
  • Price 15s/-
  • Names mentioned in captions: Miss Hallande, Miss Stephens.
With (note)
  • Bound with: The law of Java / Henry R. Bishop.
Contents
Overture -- My vow of heartfelt gratitude -- Now by day's retiring lamp -- Blow, blow ye gentle gales -- By the moon beams glimm'ring ray / W.H. Ware -- My heart with love is beating / W.H. Ware -- Far from his native mountain's torn ---- Tell me have ye seen a toy / W.H. Ware -- To distant lands repairing -- Peace inviting -- Ye little birds that blythely sing -- See, o see, how every tree -- Sound around : grand finale.
Call Number
Drexel 4844
OCLC
48698648
Author
Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855.
Title
Don John : an operatic drama / the music composed and arranged for the piano forte by W.H. Ware and Henry R. Bishop, Composer & director of the music to the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
Imprint
London : Published by Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20, Soho Square ; Dublin : 7, Westmorland St., [1821]
With:
Bound with: The law of Java / Henry R. Bishop.
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Added Author
Ware, W. (William)
Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841. Librettist
Covent Garden Theatre.
Drexel Collection.
Research Call Number
Drexel 4844
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