Book of music containing six songs composed by Horatia Gaisford
Mus. 305 c.14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of music containing six songs composed by Horatia Gaisford
Shelfmark
Mus. 305 c.14
Summary
Music book containing six songs composed by Horatia Gaisford. The cover indicates that the pieces were composed and dedicated to the Polish nobleman, Prince Adam Czartoryski, and that this book was "Sold for the Benefit of the distressed Refugees in London". The publisher is T.Boosey & Co., 28 Holles St, Oxford St, London.
While the book is undated, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, to whom the pieces are dedicated, lived in exile in London between 1831 and 1832. The pieces are titled as follows:
The Wild Gazelle, poetry by Lord Byron
The Song of Nourmahal from Lalla Rookh [poem by Thomas Moore]
Nahe des Geliebten, words by Goethe
Annot Lyle's Song from The Legend of Montrose [novel by Sir Walter Scott]
When Last We Parted, words by Lord Byron
The March to Siberia, words by Hon[oura]ble Mrs. Norton
The March to Siberia, Harmonized for 3 voices, words by Hon[oura]ble Mrs. Norton
Date
c.1830s
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
Subject
Music
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Collection contents
Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Talbot Photographic Materials and Ephemera
Book of music containing six songs composed by Horatia Gaisford
