Music score of Polly : Gay : manuscript, [1777-1782] | WorldCat.org
Parts
12 parts in 7 v., bound ; 31 cm.
612743071
Ballad opera in three acts Title derived from gilt-stamped text on spine Includes parts for 1st and 2nd violin (2 parts each), viola, bass (2 parts), 1st and 2nd flute/oboe (2 parts), 1st and 2nd horn (2 parts), and harpsichord Musical arrangements of songs attributed to J.C. Pepusch to a libretto by John Gay, with the libretto revised by George Colman the elder and new songs added by Samuel Arnold for the premiere performance at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 19 June 1777--Cf. New Grove opera Written in an unidentified hand with numerous revisions, additions, insertions, and cuts by Arnold and other later hands Some songs in 2nd violin part dated 1782 Bound separately in modern half green morocco and green cloth, spine and covers gilt, original wrappers with paper labels bound in
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