Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Uniform title
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620. In diesen heil'gen Hallen. Italian. Vocal score
Title
Quì sdegno non s'accende, aria, in the opera of Il flauto magico, / composed by Mozart..
Varying form of title
Spine title: Vocal. Vol. III.
Imprint
London, : printed & sold by Rt. Birchall, 140, New Bond Street., [182-]
Physical description
1 vocal score (3, [1] p.) ; 35 cm
Note
Without title page; title from caption.
Note
For vocal solo, Sarastro [Bass], and orchestra; the orchestral part arranged for piano forte.
Note
Doubly paged: pages 2-[3] = pages 25-26; apparently, therefore, an offprint from a complete vocal score of Act 2 of 'Die Zauberflöte'.
Note
Robert Birchall died on 19th December, 1819 whereafter the firm continued trading. Under the style Birchall and Co., the firm was certainly located at 140, New Bond Street between June 1824 and January 1829 (see, for example, advertisements in The Morning Post, June 16, 1824 and January 15, 1829).
Note
Plate no.: Il Flauto Magico. Act 2.
Language
Sung Italian words translated from the German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
Provenance
Stamped in gold letters on the upper board of this bound collection: "M. A. Corfe." This is Mary Ann Corfe (1797-1849), eldest child of Arthur Thomas Corfe and his wife, Frances, née Davies. Inscription, in ink, on upper endleaf of this bound collection: "C. W. Corfe Oxon."
Provenance
Bequeathed to the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle by Brigadier Tim Hackworth, military knight of Windsor and a direct descendant of Joseph Corfe (1740-1820) and Arthur Thomas Corfe (1773-1863); subsequently donated by the Archives of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle to Salisbury Cathedral Library, with the agreement of the family of the late Brigadier Hackworth.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century, reprinted 2019) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century; this collection must have been bound after 1830 as it contains a solo from 'Norma' by Bellini, first performed in 1831; now in archival box.
Copy-specific note
On page 2: "Price 1s."
Copy-specific note
One of a collection of prints of vocal music bound together; in pencil, on upper endleaf, the inscription: "Già fan ritorno ... Blow gentle gales [H. R. Bishop] Deh t'arrendi [Donizetti] L'Alba Oh cara ... Oh never say Le faccio un inchino [Cimarosa]"
Copy-specific note
On spine of this bound collection of prints: Vocal Vol. III.
Subject
Operas Excerpts Vocal scores with piano.
Subject
Songs (Low voice) with piano, Arranged.
Added entry--name
Birchall, Robert, -1819 publisher.
Added entry--name
Schikaneder, Emanuel, 1751-1812 Zauberflöte. Selections. Italian.
Added entry--name
Corfe, M. A. (Mary Ann), 1797-1849 former owner.
Added entry--name
Corfe, Charles William, 1814-1883 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hackworth, Timothy William, 1933-2017 former owner.
Added entry--name
College of St. George, Windsor Castle donor.
Added entry--place
England London.
B17982
UKSbSC
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