Record ID:
314492
Accession number:
PMC 2119
Creator:
Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795.
Title:
The fairies : an opera / the words taken from Shakespear &c. ; set to music by Mr. Smith.
Uniform title:
Fairies
Published:
London : Printed for I. Walsh, [1755].
Credit Line:
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 2010.
Notes:
Full score.
The libretto, principally culled from A midsummer night's dream by Shakespeare, with additions from Milton, Waller, Lansdown, Dryden, Hammond, and others, adapted by David Garrick or the composer (cf. New Grove).
1st ed.
Engraved throughout.
Associated names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, attributed name.
Walsh, John, 1665 or 6-1736, publisher.
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