Incidental music by Edward Mollenhauer for plays produced by Edwin Booth [manuscript], ca. 1875-1880.
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Incidental music by Edward Mollenhauer for plays produced by Edwin Booth [manuscript], ca. 1875-1880.
Description
10 ms. part books ; (Obl. 4to)
Associated name
Mollenhauer, Edward, 1827-1914, author.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, former owner.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, former owner.
Summary
Music by Edward Mollenhauer. Set of orchestral parts for 15 plays: Hamlet, Brutus, Julius Caesar, Katharine and Petruchio, King Lear, Lady of Lyons, Macbeth, Othello, Richard II, Richard III, Richelieu, Ruy Blas, The apostate, The fool's revenge, and The merchant of Venice. Items include curtain tunes, marches (many with titles), trumpet calls and songs without text underlay. The parts are unmarked for use.
Note
Covers and leaves vary in size.
Provenance
Booth's book-stamp on covers.
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 157
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Y.d.512 (1-10)