London opera observed, 1711-1844 /
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| Imprint: | London : Pickering & Chatto, 2013. |
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| Description: | 5 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9272421 |
Table of Contents:
- Volume 1.
- Dedication and preface to Rinaldo, an opera. As it is perform'd at the Queens Theatre in London (1711)
- Preface to Six cantatas for a voice, with a through bass two of which are accompanied with a violin: compos'd (after the Italian manner) by Mr Daniel Purcell none of which were ever before publish'd, by the authors direction, carefully engrav'd on copper plates by T Cross (1713)
- A discourse concerning the opera, Wherein The Nature and Laws of that sort of Drama are explained. And The Moral Use and Excellency of it asserted and vindicated, in answer to all the Objections hitherto urged against it. By Abbé Terrasson, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Done from the French (1720)
- 'To Thomas Chamber Esq' from The rape of Proserpine: as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr Theobald. And set to musick by Mr Galliard (1727)
- [Anon.], The devil to pay at St. James's: or, A full and true Account of a most horrid and bloody Battle between Madam Faustina and Madam Cuzzoni ... (1727)
- [Anon.], A little more of that same: or, a recollection of sundry material passages omitted in a late treatise, entituled, The devil to pay at St James's. ... Concluding with England's joy, or the happy type of an union betwixt Whig and Tory, in the reconciliation of Mr Nathaniel Mist and Mr Colley Cibber, which happen'd at the Vine-Tavern in Long-Acre, on Sunday, the 16th instant (1727)
- 'A description of the transparent theatre' from Britannia An English opera. As it is perform'd at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market. With the representation and description of a transparent theatre, illuminated, and adorn'd with a great number of emblems, Mottoes, Devices and Inscriptions, and embellish'd with Machines, in a manner entirely New. By Mr Lediard. Late Secretary to His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary in Hamburg, and many Years Director of the Opera House in that City. The musick compos'd after the Italian manner, by Mr Lampe (1732)
- [Anon.], 'On a Raptur'd LADY', The Daily Journal (1735)
- [Anon.], 'FARINELLI,' The Grub-Street Journal (1735)
- [Anon.], An Epistle to John James H[ei]d[e]gg[e]r, Esq, on the Report of Signior F[a]r[i]n[e]lli's being with Child (1736)
- Prologue to King Athur, or, Merlin, the British inchanter. A dramatic opera, as it is performed at the Theatre in Goodman's Fields. The musick by Mr Purcell (1736)
- Orpheus an English opera. By Mr John Hill. With a preface, appealing to the publick for justice, and laying before them a fair and impartial account of the quarrel between the author and Mr Rich, who intends in a few Weeks to perform such an Entertainment without his Concurrence (1740)
- Mr Rich's answer to the many falsities and calumnies advanced by Mr John Hill, Apothecary, and Contained in the preface to Orpheus, An English Opera, as he calls it, Publish'd on Wednesday the 26th of December last (1739)
- An answer to the many plain and notorious lyes advanc'd by Mr John Rich, Harlequin, And contain'd in a Pamphlet, which he vainly and foolishly calls, an answer to Mr Hill's preface to Orpheus (1740)
- 'Some Reflection concerning opera, lyric poetry, music, &c' from Rosalinda, a musical drama. As it is performed at Hickford's great room, in Brewer's Street. By Mr Lockman. Set to music by Mr John Christopher Smith (1740)
- Preface from Pamela: or, virtue rewarded. An opera. Alter'd from the comedy, call'd, Pamela, by Mr Edge, author of, The woman of taste: and The female rake; or, modern fine lady (1742)
- 'A Discourse on Operas', from Fetonte. Drama, per il Teatro di S M B di F Vanneschi (1747)
- A scheme for having an Italian opera in London, of a new taste (1753)
- [Anon.], The voice of discord, or the battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers (1753)
- Metastasio in The World by Adam Fitz-Adam (1756)
- [Anon.], A fair enquiry into the state of operas in England (1760)
- [Anon.], Preface to Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno alla corte del Rè Alboino. Opera comica da rappresentarsi sopra il Teatro di S M B (1762)
- [Anon.], 'Dissertation on the drama' from The Theatrical review; or, Annals of the drama (1763)
- [Anon.], A letter from Bimole to Aquilante from The Theatrical review; or, Annals of the drama (1763)
- [A Lady], Theatrical disquisitions: or a review of the late riot at Drury-Lane Theatre, on the 25th and 26th of January, with an impartial examen of the profession and professors of the drama; some few hints on the prerogatives of an audience... (1763)
- [Anon.], 'Fitz-giggo a, new English uproar' (1763)
- [Anon.], 'The second and last act of Fitzgiggo' (1763)
- The Preface to Carattaco drama: per musica da rappresentarsi sopra il Teatro di S M B La poesia e' di Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli. La musica e' intieramente nuova del Signor Giovan Cristiano Bach. Maestro di Musica di Sua Maesta' La Regina della Gran Bretagna (1767)
- Volume 2.
- [Anon.], The lyric muse revived in Europe or a critical display of the opera in all its revolutions (1768)
- The preface to Tom Jones, a comic opera: as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. By Joseph Reed (1769)
- The preface to Il disertore; a new comic opera; as acted at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market. Written by Mr Badini. The music entirely new, by Signor Guglielmi (1770)
- [Anon.], The remarkable trial of the queen of quavers, and her associates, for sorcery, witchcraft, and enchantment, at the assizes held in the moon, for the County of Gelding, before the Rt Hon Sir Francis Lash, Lord Chief Baron of the Lunar Exchequer. Taken in short hand, by Joseph Democritus, and William Diogenes ([1777])
- [Anon.], An heroic epistle, from Monsieur Vestris, sent in England, to Mademoiselle Heinel, in France: with notes (1781)
- Historical account of Adela of Ponthieu, a tragedy-pantomime ballet, composed by Monsieur Noverre, and translated from the French by Parkyns Macmahon (1782)
- [Anon.], The opera rumpus; or, the ladies in the wrong box! A serio-comic-operatic burlesque poem! With explanatory notes, by the ablest commentators (1783)
- [Anon.], Box plan
- [Anon.], The case of the opera-house disputes, Fairly Stated (1784)
- Volume 3.
- The testament, or will, of Mr William Taylor, proprietor of the King's Theatre, in the Hay-market (1785)
- To the public from Orpheus and Eurydice, a musical drama, in imitation of the ancient Greek theatrical feasts. As performed at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket (1785)
- Letters upon the poetry and music of the Italian opera; addressed to a friend. By the late Mr John Brown, Painter (1789)
- Ideas on the opera, offered to the subscribers, creditors, and amateurs of that theatre. By Mr Le Texier. Translated from the French (1790)
- A concise statement of transactions and circumstances respecting the King's Theatre, in the Haymarket. By Mr Taylor, the proprietor. Together with the official correspondence upon the same subject, between ... the Lord Chamberlain, and Earl Cholmondeley, &c (1791)
- Volume 4.
- An authentic narrative of the principal circumstances relating to the opera-house in the Hay-Market
- from its origin to the present period; but more particularly including the transactions from the year 1778. With an appendix, Containing Copies or Extracts from all the Original Papers Referred to (1791)
- [A Lady], A descriptive plan of the new opera house, with the Names of the Subscribers to each Box taken from the Theatre itself by A Lady of Fashion (1791)
- [Anon.], Description of the Allegory Painted for the Curtain of the King's Theatre, Pantheon (1791)
- from The The secret history of the green room : containing authentic and entertaining memoirs of the actors and actresses in the three Theatres Royal (1792)
- Memorandum, August, 1799 (1799)
- Preface to Virginia: an opera in three acts (1800)
- To the nobility and gentry (1808)
- [Anon.], A few strictures on the engagement of Mad. Catalani at the Covent-Garden theatre, and on the Italian opera. By a true Briton (1809)
- [Anon.], 'The King's Theatre' (Cosi fan tutte) (1811)
- [Letter on Cosi fan tutte] (1811)
- 'English Opera, Lyceum' (Any thing new?) (1811)
- [Notice announcing the early end of the season] (1811)
- 'Covent Garden Theatre' (The Duenna, with Valentine and Orson) (1811) from The Dramatic Censor; or, Critical and Biographical Illustration of the British Stage. For the year 1811 ... Edited by J M Williams (1811)
- Letter to the subscribers to the opera (1811)
- [Anon], A description of the English opera-house, in the Strand, erected 1816, opened for the encouragement of native talent, and as a school for English music, on the 15th of June in the same year. Together with a short account of the first establishment of the English opera (1816)
- [Anon.], 'A statement of matters relating to the King's Theatre', from The quarterly musical magazine and review (1818)
- A statement of matters relative to the King's Theatre (1818)
- Veritas, Opera house [the Haymarket] a review of this theatre from the period described by the enterpriser (1818)
- [Anon.], 'The Operas of H R Bishop', from The quarterly musical magazine and review (1818)
- J[] W[] S[] ('an amateur'), Preface to The Innocent Usurper, A Musical Drama. Founded Upon Demofoonte Of Metastasio. As Offered To The Managers Of Covent-Garden Theatre, June, 1819 (1819)
- [Anon.], Table of Regulations instituted for the maintenance of good order in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (1820)
- Volume 5.
- Debates on opera in England from The quarterly musical magazine and review. ('On the means of giving opera to the English' (1821)
- 'On the construction of operas' (1821) 'On the differences between Italian and English manner....' (1822)
- 'Opera - to the editor' (1822)
- 'Opera' (1823)
- 'French and English opera' (1826)
- 'Opera and Recitative' (1827)
- 'Recitative' (1827)
- 'On the causes of the superiority of Italian singing' (1828)
- Preface to Der Freischutz, or the Wild Huntsmen of Bohemia, a romantic opera in three acts. With Music by Carl Maria Von Weber (1824)
- [Anon.], Review of the first performance, The Theatrical Observer (1824)
- [Anon.], Sale of the King's Theatre (1825)
- [Anon.], Review of the first performance of Weber's Oberon, The Theatrical Observer (1826)
- [Anon.], Vocal and Dramatic Institution, a prospectus (1829)
- [Anon.], An explanation of the differences existing between the manager of the Italian Opera and the non-conforming members of the late orchestra/written among themselves (1829)
- Prospectus of the plan intended to be pursued in the direction of the Italian opera house (1831)
- A letter to the musicians of Great Britain, containing a prospectus of proposed plans for the better encouragement of native musical talent, and for the erection and management of a grand national opera in London (1833)
- National Opera Society Prospectus. I am directed by the National Opera Society to transmit the enclosed prospectus for your perusal ... ([1837?])
- [Anon.], Hints on the Italian opera in Italy, France, Germany and England (1839)
- A lecture on music, with especial reference to the German opera, as introduced into this country (1840)
- English Opera House. Statement and correspondence between Mr Balfe, and Mr H Phillips, relative to the affairs of the above theatre (1841)
- [Anon.], Opera ticket: dialogue between Lady Fanny Seymour and Miss Caroline Howard (1842)
- Review of Balfe's The Daughter of St Mark, 'Music and the drama', The Athenaeum (1844)
