Bound volume with date on spine '1837' and manuscript list of contents on front cover (in Lucy Broadwood's hand), containing annotated printed music for Italian, English and German songs with pianoforte accompaniments, all published in London unless otherwise indicated

This material is held atSurrey History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 176 6192/2/8
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1810 - 1837
  • Language of Material
    • English Italian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Contains the following items:

'Or che in cielo' or 'Through all the heaven' barcarola … in the opera Marino Faliero by Donizetti (Mori & Lavenu);

'All' idea che reo non sono' aria in the opera Il Bravo by MA Marliani (C Lonsdale);

'Dite al mio bene' by G Nicolini with ornaments and graces by Signor Velluti (JB Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'Or che L'indissolubile' by G Nicolini with ornaments and graces by Signor Velluti (JB Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'Tu sola, o mia Giulietta', recitativo, and 'Deh! tu bell' anima', preghiera, from I Capuleti ed I Montecchi by Bellini (Lonsdale & Mills);

'Grazie vi rendo', recitativo, and 'Amor, fortuna e pace', cavatina, in the opera Adele di Lusignano, by Michele Carafa (Birchall & Co);

'Dio! che mi vedi in core' in the opera Anna Bolena by Donizetti (Lonsdale & Mills);

'Robert, toi que j'aime' … in the opera Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer (S Chappell);

'Quando il di fra l'ombre incerto' and 'Reo di colpe ognun me vuole' … in the opera Il Bravo by MA Marliani (C Lonsdale);

'Come lieto a questo seno' by Signor Pacini (Lonsdale & Mills);

'Com'e bello quale incanto' … in the opera Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti (R Mills);

'son vergin vezzosa in vesta di sposa' … in the opera I Puritani by Bellini (R Mills);

'La Barchetta' by Emilio Belgiojoso (C Lonsdale);

'Crudele! or colei piangi', recitativo, and 'Ho perdute il bel sembiante' rondo, in the opera L'Amor Vendicato by G Paesiello (Birchall & Co);

'Verdi prati e selve amene' … in the opera Alcina by GF Handel (Rt Birchall);

'Ah! per sempre io ti perdei' and 'A te o cara amor talora' … in the opera I Puritani by Bellini (R Mills, and Cramer, Paris);

'Canto de 'Pellegrini oratorio', quartetto by GA Nauman, and quartet 'From a Requiem' by GA Hasse (pp.17-32 of a single publication, printer unknown);

'In silent woe I wander by' by Franz Schubert, an adaptation of 'Der Wanderer' by Johannes Rhing, from Wessel & Co Auswahl Deutscher Gesande no.31 (Wessel & Co). Includes list of other publications;

'Obscure as darkest night is to me', the song of the blind, Der Blinde, by Carl von Holley … arranged by Johannes Thomas Kroff, composed by Charles Keller (Johanning & Co);

'King Death!' a song sung by Mr Phillips … composed by the Chevalier Sigismond Neukomm (Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'Napoleon's Midnight Review' … translated from the German of Baron Zedlitz by Matthew Ball to music by the Chevalier Sigismond Neukomm (Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'Savourna deelish, shighan oh!' or ' Oh! the moment was sad', Irish melody sung by Miss Stephens, arranged by Dr John Clarke (Birchall & Co);

'Toll not the Bell, a Spanish air' arranged by Sir John Stevenson, words by Alexander Dallas (J Power);

'Come away to the sands' sung by Mrs W Knyvett, and 'Or shall we go a sailing?' sung by Mme Malibran, words by WH Bellamy, the music by MW Balfe (Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'Midnight Rymes', words by Barry Cornwall, music by the Chevalier Sigismond Neukomm (Cramer, Addison & Beale);

'The Return of the Admiral', words by Barry Cornwall, music by Henry Phillips (Mori & Lavenu);

'An exhortation to mourning friends' dedicated to the memory of WP Beale by his admirer Johannes Thomas Kroff (Coventry & Hollier);

'A Parting Song', words by Mrs Hemans, music by the Chevalier Sigismond Neukomm (Cramer, Addison & Beale);

4 folios cut from the end of the volume.