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Incidental music for Richard III

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Date
1860s?
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Notated music
Extent
8 ms. parts

Language
No linguistic content
Size
31 x 25 cm +
Genre
Music
Performance materials
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 233245
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger: 163
Folger call number: Y.d.688 (1-9)
Folger holdings ID: 281961
Accession Number: cs12
Summary
Set of orchestral part books (1-8). Includes 25 numbered items, including curtain tunes, marches, and trumpet calls. The cue book (9) gives instructions for marches and flourishes in both Richard III and Hamlet
Notes
General notes

Dated annotations by musicians indicate that these parts were used in Charles Kean's productions in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia in the 1860s. Entry in Folger microfilm database indicates ca. 1854, but the source of this information is unclear Former owner: Charles Kean Also available on microfilm and Y.d.688 (3) also available as a digital reproduction Sotheby's sale, 23 June 1898 (Lot 124)

Also known as
Extended title: Incidental music for Richard III 1860s?
Related names
former owner: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868

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