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Total number of records: 243

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Books and printed items204
Archives13
Indexes13
People and organisations13

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Brotherton Collection39
Letters Database12
Quaker Collection5
English Literature4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Art and Antique Market2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
LGBTQ1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

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operas16
songs with harpsichord12
songs with continuo9
songs with instrumental ensemble9
songs with piano5
furniture3
hunting songs3
incidental music3
art europeen2
art, european2

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Linley3
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Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)39
Linley, George (1798-1865)18
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)17
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley16
Linley, George11
Hook, Mr (1746-1827)10
Linley, Thomas8
Moulds, John8
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)7
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)7

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, with a translation by George Linley.

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

185-?

A copy of Verdi's 'Un ballo in maschera' with a complete English translation of the libretto in the hand of George Linley, whose version was used for the English stage production.

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Notes, abstracts from letters, diaries and wills

nd [20th century]

Also contains donor's correspondence [Mr ES Linley] relating to these documents

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Richard Coeur de Lion. An historical romance. From the French of Mons. Sedaine. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane

Sedaine, Michel-Jean (1719-1797); Burgoyne, John (1722-1792); Grétry, André Ernest Modeste (1741-1813); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

[1787?]

Without the music (adapted from Grétry by Thomas Linley).

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Love in the East : or, Adventures of twelve hours. A comic opera, in three acts

Cobb, James (1756-1818); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

1788

Without the music (by Linley).

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Love in the East : or, Adventures of twelve hours : a comic opera in three acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane

Cobb, James (1756-1818); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

1788

Without the music by Thomas Linley.

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Richard Coeur de Lion : an historical romance from the French of Monsr. Sedaine. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane

Sedaine, Michel-Jean (1719-1797); Grétry, André Ernest Modeste (1741-1813); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

1786

Without the music (adapted from Grétry by Thomas Linley).

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The duenna : a comic opera, in three acts : as it is performed, by His Majesty's servants

Pottinger, Israel (1759-1761); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795); Linley, Thomas (1756-1778); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)

1776

A parody of Sheridan's play, by I. Pottinger; the music composed by Thomas Linley and his son.

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Overture, in the Duenna

Linley, Thomas (1733-1795); Linley, Thomas (1756-1778)

[1775?]

Music selected and composed by T. Linley and T. Linley jnr.

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The duenna : a comic opera, in three acts : as it is performed, by His Majesty's servants

Pottinger, Israel (1759-1761); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795); Linley, Thomas (1756-1778); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)

1776

A parody of Sheridan's play, by I. Pottinger; the music composed by Thomas Linley and his son.

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Ah sure a pair was never seen : in the Duena [sic], sung by Mr. Leoni

Linley, Thomas (1733-1795); Arne, Michael (1741?-1786); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)

[ca. 1775]

Set by Thomas Linley, the elder, from music by Michael Arne; words by R.B. Sheridan.

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