Shelfmark
MS 52
Author
Uniform title
[Love in a village]
Title
The airs with all the simphonies ant [sic] the compleat overture in the comic opera of Love in a village correctly transposed for the German flute or violin. manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1750 and ca. 1800.
Physical description
1 volume (8 leaves) : music ; 34.8 x 22.1 cm. (fol.)
Note
Manuscript on paper, [15] pages plus final blank verso.
Note
"Love in a village" (1762), one of Arne's ore popular operas, was "a pasticcio of 42 items, of which five were newly composed by Arne and 13 borrowed from his earlier works. The new overture was by C. F. Abel and the remainder adapted from other composers, including Geminiani and Galuppi" (New Grove).
Note
According to BUCEM, p. 631, there were four editions printed in London between ca. 1765 and ca. 1790.
Note
Sewn in original self-wrappers.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark:
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 52
Provenance
Purchased by ECL in 2020.
Subject
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50059