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Collection Summary
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Acis and Galatea (1902)
Description
A souvenir programme, with wordbook, for [Handel], Acis and Galatea and [Purcell], The Masque of Love, as produced at the Great Queen Street Theatre, London, on 10 March 1902, with Martin Shaw (musical director).
This document includes a Foreword (by J. A. Fuller-Maitland) on the Purcell Operatic Society, which includes the claim that 'the work by Purcell given tonight is now presented for the first time in London'. The document also contains an essay by W. Barclay Squire on the characters in Acis and Galatea, photographs and illustrations and a list of the chorus members.
This document includes a Foreword (by J. A. Fuller-Maitland) on the Purcell Operatic Society, which includes the claim that 'the work by Purcell given tonight is now presented for the first time in London'. The document also contains an essay by W. Barclay Squire on the characters in Acis and Galatea, photographs and illustrations and a list of the chorus members.
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Date range of collection
1902 - 1902
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Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
Bloomsbury London WC1N 1AZ United Kingdom Open Map
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enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk
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020 7841 3600
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020 7841 3601
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The museum is currently open by appointment only.
Collections Overview
The Coram Family Collection contains musical scores by Handel, a fair copy of the Messiah and the conducting score for the Foundling Hospital Anthem, written especially for the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospital. This score is annotated in Handel's own hand.
For details of other collections held at the same location: See the location record
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