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Lalla Rookh, a masqued fête interspersed with singing and dancing : manuscript, 1822.

Accession number
PML 145747.2
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title and date from manuscript t.p.
Manuscript in an unidentified hand of an anonymous translation of a printed account of a pageant based on Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh, with scenery and direction by K.F. Schinkel, costumes by Karl Graf Brühl, music by G.L.P. Spontini and lyrics by S.H. Spiker. published under the title: Lalla Rûkh, ein Festspiel mit Gesang und Tanz : Aufgeführt auf dem Königl. Schlosse in Berlin am 27sten Januar 1821, bei der Anwesenheit I.I.K.K.H.H. des Grossfürsten Nicolaus und der Grossfürstin Alexandra Feodorowna. Mit 23 colorirten Kupfern.
With manuscript t.p. which reads in full: Lalla Rookh : A masqued fête interspersed with singing and dancing[.] Represented at the Royal Palace of Berlin on the 27th of January 1821 in the presence of Their I.I. H.H. The Archduke Nicholas and The Archduchess Alexandra Feodorowna[.] With 23 coloured plates[.] Berlin 1822.
Description
1 item (18 p.) ; 26.1 x 20.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
Department