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Dido and Aeneas : an opera / composed by Henry Purcell ; edited from ms. scores, and an accompaniment for the pianoforte added, by William H. Cummings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 60
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
- Standardized Title:
- Dido and Aeneas. Vocal score
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Vocal scores with piano.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Vocal scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 vocal score (viii, 66 pages) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Novello's original octavo edition.
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Collection of Scores. Box 364.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Novello ; New York : H. W. Gray Co., sole agents for the U.S.A., [pref. 1887]
- Notes:
- English words, also printed as text (p. v-viii).
- Libretto by Nahum Tate.
- Preface by William H. Cummings.
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania.
- Local Notes:
- Two copies.
- Stamp on t.p.: Philadelphia, Pa. : Elkan Vogel, Co.
- Both copies from the personal library of Eugene Ormandy. One copy (with masking tape on its spine) marked by Ormandy in preparation for performance; markings include durations, metronome markings, and excerpts that constitute a suite. The other copy bears markings of instrumentation, probably in the hand of Lucien Cailliet, that correspond to Cailliet's arrangement for orchestra of a suite of excerpts from the opera. (The score and parts of that arrangement are cataloged on ID PAUR93-C679).
- Publisher Number:
- 8015 Novello
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