Copy of Richard Leveridge's incidental music for Macbeth, 1702, in the hand of Thomas Oliphant [manuscript], 19th century.
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Copy of Richard Leveridge's incidental music for Macbeth, 1702, in the hand of Thomas Oliphant [manuscript], 19th century.
Uniform title
Macbeth; arranged
Description
1 ms. score ; 30 x 24 cm
Associated name
Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 1671-1758. author.
Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622-1677, attributed name.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Oliphant, Thomas, 1799-1873, transcriber.
Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, former owner.
Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622-1677, attributed name.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Oliphant, Thomas, 1799-1873, transcriber.
Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915, former owner.
Scope and content
Manuscript score with incidental music for voices and orchestra. Pencil annotation incorrectly attributes the music to Henry Purcell.
Note
Music composed for William D'Avenant's adaptation of Macbeth, with inclusion of songs from Thomas Middleton's The witch.
This setting now considered to be the work of Richard Leveridge; the widespread misattribution to Matthew Locke began with William Boyce's edition of 1770 (see Winkler, A.E. Music for Macbeth, 2004).
This setting now considered to be the work of Richard Leveridge; the widespread misattribution to Matthew Locke began with William Boyce's edition of 1770 (see Winkler, A.E. Music for Macbeth, 2004).
Provenance
Owned by William Hayman Cummings, whose handwriting appears on fol. 1r.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Ellis, 1918 (cat. no. 21, lot 496)
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 167
Item Details
Call number
Y.d.1116
Folger accession
cs788