The King's Theatre Collection; Ballet and Italian Opera in London 1706-1883. From the John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection, Harvard Theatre Collection. Catalogue

Levy, Morris S. and John Milton Ward

ISBN 10: 0974396303 / ISBN 13: 9780974396309

Published by Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, 2003

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xvii, 493p., b/w illus., original stiff printed wrappers, quarto format.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King's Theatre Collection; Ballet and Italian Opera in London 1706-1883. From the John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection, Harvard Theatre Collection. Catalogue
• Publisher: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974396303
• ISBN 13: 9780974396309
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

The John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection of the Harvard Theatre Collection is comprised of thousands of books, scores, librettos, playbills, illustrations, and ephemera relating to public performances that incorporate music in an essential way, such as ballet, opera, social dance, pantomime, operetta, and burlesque. With over 1,400 entries and 33 illustrations, this volume provides a window into the historical significance of the King's Theatre to the cultural life of London and abroad, and will appeal to musicologists, historians, theater scholars, and librarians interested in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera and ballet.

About the Authors

Morris S. Levy is a Cataloger at Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library.

John Milton Ward is William Powell Professor of Music, Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of Dance and Music for the Theatre in the Harvard College Library.