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Collection name
Sacred Music, Plays (1791)
Unique identifier
17405.e.151
Description
Two undated programmes with words: A Grand Selection of Sacred Music from the Works of G. F. Handel given as the Seventh Night at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; and Handel, Alexander's Feast, with a Grand Miscellaneous Act, given under the direction of Mr Harrison and Mr Ashley at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1791.
These documents are held as the first two tracts of a bound volume. They are bound with word books for the English Opera of Artaxerxes (tract 3), La Buona Figliuola, a Comic Opera … by Signor Piccini (tract 4) and the Music Speech, Spoken at the Public Commencement in Cambridge on 6 July 1714 by Roger Long.
Date range
1791 - 1791
Associated People and Organisations
Harrison, Samuel -
Handel, George Frideric -
Ashley, John -
Associated Places
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Associated Times
18th century - late 1776-1799
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Word books
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Bodleian Library, Music Library
Broad Street,Music Library Oxford OX1 3BG Open Map
DOMUS
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http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
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Collections Overview
The collection has very strong holdings of British music and related material acquired in part by legal deposit. Many collected editions and scholarly series. Very strong periodical coverage, including major 19thC European journals. Largest collection of American song material in UK.
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