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Total number of records: 3221

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SubjectCount
music85
oratorios77
operas66
anthems63
overtures (chamber orchestra)24
piano music23
songs, english22
symphonies22
vocal quartets with piano22
part-songs, english18

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Europe7
Great Britain2
Scotland2
Cheshire (England)1
Hurdsfield (England)1
London (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)222
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy158
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)158
Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827)157
Hullah, John (1812-1884)90
Hullah, John83
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)69
Boosey & Co68
Novello, Vincent (1781-1861)68
Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868)68

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From 1700723
From 18002386
From 190052

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Up to 1799269
Up to 18992510
Up to 1999384

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Music (Brotherton Collection)

Contains many items from the library of W T Freemantle, from whom Lord Brotherton purchased numerous books. A special feature of the collection is the group of Mendelssohn manuscripts and letters whic...

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La bayadère amoureuse, ou, Le dieu et la bayadère : opéra en deux actes

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Scribe, Eugène (1791-1861); Rifaut, V; Lichtenstein, Karl August Freiherr von (1767-1845)

1831

Pl. no. : 3403.

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Le sermant: ouverture

Auber, D F E (1782-1871)

[1835?]

By D.F.E. Auber.

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Masaniello, or The dumb girl of Portici : a grand opera

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Kenney, James (1780-1849); Scribe, Eugène (1791-1861); Delavigne, Germain (1790-1868); Cooke, T (1782-1848)

[1840?]

Cover title reads: "Masaniello, or The dumb girl of Portici, a grand opera, as performed at the Theatre Royal Dury Lane. The words by James Kenney, esq. The music by Auber. Arranged by Thomas S. Cooke...

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Masaniello, or The dumb girl of Portici : a grand opera

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Kenney, James (1780-1849)

[1850?]

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Masaniello, or The dumb girl of Portici : a grand opera

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Kenney, James (1780-1849)

[1850?]

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The housekeeper's song, sung... in Le Domino noir as performed at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Chorley, Henry Fothergill (1808-1872)

[1860?]

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Overture to the celebrated opera Le cheval de bronze

Auber, D F E (1782-1871); Callcott, William H (1807-1882)

[1870?]

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Overture to Masaniello, arranged for the piano forte

Auber, D F E (1782-1871)

[1850?]

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The overture to the opera of Fra Diavolo

Auber, D F E (1782-1871)

[1860?]

Cover reads: "Overture to Fra Diavolo by Auber".

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