On Wednesday next, March 19, 1817: Part I - a selection from the celebrated Requiem, composed by Mozart ... Part II a grand miscellaneous act ... Part III the celebrated overture, and a selection from Mozart's Zauberflöte, or, the Magick flute ... Part III ... (last time but one) the performance will conclude with Beethoven's Grand battle sinfonia.

Record ID: 
413877
Accession number: 
PMC 1268.2
Title: 
On Wednesday next, March 19, 1817: Part I - a selection from the celebrated Requiem, composed by Mozart ... Part II a grand miscellaneous act ... Part III the celebrated overture, and a selection from Mozart's Zauberflöte, or, the Magick flute ... Part III ... (last time but one) the performance will conclude with Beethoven's Grand battle sinfonia.
Published: 
[London] : Lowndes, printer, Marquis-Court, Drury-Lane, [1817]
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund in 1998.
Notes: 

At head of title: By special desire, Last night but one. Oratorios - Theatre Royal Drury-Lane
The "grand miscellaneous act" includes "the celebrated Bardic overture (composed by Ries) in which there are six harps obligati, by Messrs. C. Meyer, H. Horn, Challoner, Schultz, W. Schultz & Erard."
"At the end of the first part, Miss Tremearn ... will perform a new concerto on the violin (Viotti) ... previous to part III ... O pescator dell'onda, the favorite Venetian duet, by The Desmoiselles De Lihu."

Associated names: 

Smart, Henry, 1778-1823.
Smart, George, 1776-1867.
Lowndes, Charles, active 1788-1824, printer.

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