Shelfmark
Ibb5.5.33(03)
Author
Title
Le prophète : fantaisie on Meyerbeer's celebrated opera : for the piano forte / by Brinley Richards.
Varying form of title
Caption title: Fantasie sur Le prophète
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Paris : Cramer, Beale & Co. ; chez Brandus & Cie., [1850?]
Physical description
1 score (5 p.) ; 35 cm.
Language
Staff notation.
Note
Publication date inferred from external library catalogues.
Note
At head of title: "Dedicated to Mr. A. Croshaw Johnson (Glasgow)".
Note
"Op. 17"--Caption.
Provenance
Hand-coloured decorative bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed "Louisa" with the letter "s" crossed out.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the title page, reading: "Miss Deare. Septbr. 11th 1853".
Binding
19th century half brown calf over marbled paper boards; gilt roll decoration on leather edges; gilt fillets, titling, and ornamentation on spine; blank endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Contains extensive handwritten music annotations in pencil, including fingering and performance markings.
Copy-specific note
Bound with a collection of 29 19th century piano works by composers such as Czerny, Oesten, Hünten, Herz, Jullien, Burgmüller, Benedict, and Donizetti. Contents include waltzes, galops, opera transcriptions, and salon music, published between ca. 1830 and 1876.
Subject
Piano music.
Subject
Fantasias (Music)
Genre/Form
Scores.
Genre/Form
Fantasias (Music)
Added entry--name
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791 - 1864 Prophète.
Added entry--name
Johnson, Croshaw A. dedicatee.
Added entry--name
Deare, Louisa former owner.
Added entry--name
Cramer, Beale & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Brandus et Cie publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Identifier
B54382