Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: overture to 'The Magic Flute' in the hands of Sir George Smart and Mary Anne Bacon

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Scope and Content

Notes on the title page read 'The first page is in the hand writing of Sir George Smart who was kind enough to teach me how to score. M.A.B' and 'Imperfect. Wanting tenor and alto trombones and 2d. fagotto. M.B.' Remaining pages in the hand of Mary Anne Bacon. Signed and dated: 'Mary Anne Bacon, Dec.r 1824'.

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Acquisition Information

From the library of Sedley Taylor, 1920

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