Remarks on Sr. J. Hawkins's 'General history of music', 1776.
Image Count:
36
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, with numerous corrections, of notes on "A General History of the Science and Practice of Music" by Sir John Hawkins. Citations from Hawkins' work are followed by often disparaging commentary upon them; Burney remarks that...
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 and Hawkins, John, Sir, 1719-1789
Subject (Topic):
Music--18th century--History and criticism, Musical analysis, Music--Europe--History and criticism, Music--History and criticism, Opera, and Opera--Italy
Printed ephemera relating to social events and concerts in Butte, Montana, 1889-1912. Includes 26 programs for various recitals, operas, and other entertainments at Maguire's Opera House; three wedding invitations; programs for Butte High School comme...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list. Some items also cataloged separately.
Subject (Geographic):
Butte (Mont.), Montana, and Butte.
Subject (Name):
Butte Business Men's Association., Butte Free Public Library., Butte High School (Butte, Mont.), Comus Club (Butte, Mont.), Entre Nous Dancing Club (Butte, Mont.), Federal Building (Butte, Mont.), Maguire's Opera House (Butte, Mont.), Mountain View M. E. Church (Butte, Mont.). Ladies' Aid Society., Murray Opera House (Butte, Mont.), St. Patrick's Church (Butte, Mont.), Union Club (Butte, Mont.), West Side Racing Association (Butte, Mont.), Young Ladies' Institute (Butte, Mont.), and Young Men's Institute (Butte, Mont.)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Concerts, Opera, Theaters, Women, Societies and clubs, Balls (Parties), and Industry
Holograph, with corrections and instructions for printing. Accompanied by a holograph fragment from an unidentified work of music criticism
Description:
Intended as part of a revision of Lohengrin et Tannhäuser de Richard Wagner, by Franz Liszt (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1851). The revised three-part work was to be titled Trois opéras de Richard Wagner considérés de leur point de vue musical et poéti...
Score in two volumes, written in manuscript in the hands of several copyists, with text in Italian and German translation. Annotations on the title page of each act list performances in Italian cities, including Alba, 1882; Alessandria, 1851; Bari, 1...
Alternative Title:
Luisa Miller. German & Italian
Description:
Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849.
