Incidental music for Richard III

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

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

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)

Extended title: Incidental music for Richard III 1860s?

former owner: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868