The padlock : a comic opera : as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane / the words by the author of the Maid of the mill, &c. &c. ; the music by Mr. Dibdin.

Record ID: 
314678
Accession number: 
PMC 2120.1
Creator: 
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Title: 
The padlock : a comic opera : as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane / the words by the author of the Maid of the mill, &c. &c. ; the music by Mr. Dibdin.
Uniform title: 
Padlock. Vocal score
Published: 
London : Printed for the author & sold by J. Johnston, at the music shop near Northumberland-House in the Strand., [1768]
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 2010.
Inscription/Markings: 

Paste-down endpaper inscribed: "This book belonged to the late Mr Garrick & was bought by me at the sale of his books which took place in consequence of the death of Mrs. Garrick his widow who survived him 44 years - April 1823 - E.S. Foss."

Notes: 

Afterpiece opera in 2 acts.
Libretto by I. Bickerstaff, after M. de Cervantes' El celoso extremeño.
Overture arr. for keyboard; vocal numbers mostly arr. for voice(s) and keyboard or with continuo (figured bass).
Dedication: p. [3] (preliminary sequence).
Title within decorative border.
Engraved.

Provenance: 

David Garrick; E.S. Foss.

Associated names: 

Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812, librettist.
Johnston, John, publisher.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, former owner.
Foss, E. S., former owner.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Celoso extremeño.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection