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Chorley, Henry Fothergill (1808-1872)2
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How to enjoy opera

Osborne, Charles (1927-); Bragg, Melvyn (1939-)

1983

Bibliography: p156-157. - Includes index.

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Reminiscences of the opera

Lumley, Benjamin (1812-1875)

1864

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Momus turn'd fabulist: or, Vulcan's wedding : An opera: after the manner of the Beggar's Opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song

Fuzelier, Louis (1672-1752); Watts, John (1763); Le Grand, Marc-Antoine (1673-1728); Forrest, Ebenezer (fl. 1774)

1729

First edition. By Louis Fuzelier and Marc Antoine Legrand -- ESTC. P. 68 begins: "Here an entertainment of dancing... ". The final leaf is blank(F4). With a half-title. Head-pieces. With 1...

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Bonduca : a tragedy altered from Beaumont & Fletcher

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Rimbault, Edward F (1816-1876)

[1842]

Full score with figured bass. Text of "The tragedy of Bonduca" (most probably by Fletcher alone): p. [19]-35 (1st set of paging).

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Opera

Dent, Edward J (1876-1957); Ambrose, Kay

[1945]

Includes index.

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Young person's guide to opera

Hurd, Michael (1928-2006)

1963

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Opera

Dent, Edward J (1876-1957)

1940

A Pelican special. Illustrated t.-p. Added illustrated t.-p. has title: Opera; with nineteen illustrations from photographs and seventeen original decorations... by Kay Ambrose. "First published...

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Memoirs of the musical drama (v.1)

Hogarth, George (1783-1870)

1838

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Memoirs of the musical drama (v.2)

Hogarth, George (1783-1870)

1838

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