Record ID:
68134
Accession number:
GSC 102209
Creator:
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Title:
Cox and Box, or, the long-lost brothers : triumviretta in one act / adapted to the lyric stage from J. Maddison Morton's farce "Box and Cox" by F.C. Burnand ; the music by Arthur S. Sullivan ; piano-forte arrangement by the composer.
Uniform title:
Cox and Box. Vocal score
Published:
London ; New York : Boosey & Co., [1869?]
Notes:
Composer's stamp on t.p.
"O.S. copy" (ms. transposition down a half-step) of Stay bouncer stay on 14 leaves (28 p., paged in lead pencil) tipped into the score between the first and second pages (p. 14-15) of the printed version.
One additional leaf containing a ms. interpolation of 9 measures in D minor (Box: Shall I curb my indignation?), marked (in lead pencil) 5A + 5B is tipped in at end of "O.S. copy."
Inserted: 1 leaf with "List of properties, &c" on one side, and "Plan of scene for 'Cox and Box'" on the other.
Provenance:
From the library of F. Ponsonby Fane, St. James's Palace.
Associated names:
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836-1917, librettist.
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891. Cox and Box.
Fane, F. Ponsonby, Hon., former owner.
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