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Programme for Clara Novello's Farewell at the Crystal Palace
26 Sep 1860
Programme for Clara Novello's Farewell at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, with a performance of Haydn's 'The Creation' by 2,500 musicians on 26 September 1860. The music was arranged and direc...
Draft of The Iron Worker's Song
c. 1854
Draft of The Iron Worker's Song, set to the tune of Rule Britannia. Not included in the draft of Mary Sabilla Novello's letter to the working classes of Great Britain.
Signed note about music and heaven
26 Jul 1907
Signed note with the autograph of Clara Gigliucci née Novello, which reads: 'Music is the only one of the fine arts admitted into Heaven'. Dated 26 July 1907. An inscription at the bottom in a later ...
Music
1833-1907
Material relating to Clara Anastasia Novello's career as a prominent and celebrated soprano singer, including honorary membership of musical bodies, contracts for performances in Europe, programmes an...
Diploma of honorary membership of the Philharmonisches Verein
1 Feb 1838
Clara Anastasia Novello's engraved diploma of honorary membership of the Philharmonisches Verein, written in German and dated 1 February 1838.
Plan of the orchestra for the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace
Jun 1857
Plan of the orchestra for the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, which included performances of 'Messiah' on 9 June 1857, 'Judas Maccabeus' on 17 June 1857 and 'Isreal in Egypt...
Programme for a choral demonstration by the Handel Festival Choir at the Crystal Palace
2 Jul 1858
Programme for a Grand Choral Demonstration by the Great Handel Festival Choir at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, on 2 July 1858. The event included 2,500 performers from around the country and...
'Drury Lane', Illustrated London News, 8 April 1843, p. 239
8 Apr 1843
'Drury Lane', Illustrated London News, 8 April 1843, p. 239. A review of the new opera 'Sappho', in which Clara Novello performed the title role.
Transcript of Hunt's 'The False Lion and the Real Puppy'
c. 1830
Two transcripts of Leigh Hunt's 'The False Lion and the Real Puppy' by Mary Cowden Clarke. At the end of the first she has noted: 'The rough copy - begged for at the time by M.C.C.' and the back page ...
Draft manuscript of 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences'
c. 1908
Draft manuscript of 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' with additional notes in later hands. Clara Novello's daughter Valeria Gigliucci was responsible for compiling and editing her mother's autobiograph...
Receipt from Luigi Zuppani
21 Dec 1852
Handwritten receipt to Clara Anastasia Novello from Luigi Zuppani for 1,080 Francs paid as a brokers fee, in connetion with a document by the Royal Theatre, Madrid, Spain, as agreed by R.B.Benelli the...
Contracts to sing in Italy, France and Spain
1849-1852
6 contracts for Clara Anastasia Novello to sing in Rome, Florence, Milan, Paris and Madrid between 1849 and 1852, written in Italian.