tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-81248675687667467 2011-08-31T16:08:19+01:00 Two large archives of orchestral sheet music from London theatres are currently being catalogued. The music belonged to the King's Theatre (later Her Majesty's Theatre), Haymarket, and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. It was used in productions of operas, ballets, and popular entertainments, and dates from the 18th to the early 20th century. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01543500acd0970c 2011-08-31T16:08:19+01:00 2011-08-31T22:45:05+01:00 Hannah Clark It has been a truly unique experience having the opportunity to work on these scores since December last year. Admittedly the last few months of archiving have proven a challenge since the completion...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0154333b0af2970c 2011-06-24T15:24:15+01:00 2011-06-24T15:37:33+01:00 Hannah Clark I am continuing work on the second part of the collection, and have now completed the scores written for Pantomimes and moved on to plays, ballets and songs. The main frustration with this section of...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef015433289e7e970c 2011-06-21T15:19:30+01:00 2011-06-21T15:19:30+01:00 Hannah Clark Part 1 of project completed! The description of the King's Theatre Archive of music manuscripts is now complete and has just been published on the British Library's online catalogue 'Search our...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef014e60e61377970c 2011-04-13T16:10:40+01:00 2011-04-13T16:10:40+01:00 Hannah Clark One of my favourite things about working on this collection is the varied amount of artwork scattered through out the scores. Not artwork that was intended to be there, but doodles created by the...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0147e2e3f60b970b 2011-02-28T13:49:22+00:00 2011-03-01T10:19:18+00:00 Hannah Clark When looking at the history of Pantomime it is important to acknowledge the presence of the famous clown Joe Grimaldi, often referred to as ‘The King of Clowns’. He is remembered as one of the...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0147e227628f970b 2011-01-31T12:53:47+00:00 2011-01-31T12:53:47+00:00 Hannah Clark I’d like to dedicate this blog post to looking back at Pantomime itself and present you with a brief guide to its history, also significant events and characters that shaped it into its recognisable...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0147e0a30dd6970b 2010-12-13T14:08:33+00:00 2010-12-15T13:46:39+00:00 Hannah Clark A hello to readers of this blog old and new! I'm Hannah Clark, guest writer for the Theatre Music Archives blog. I've recently taken over from Caroline Shaw in archiving the Drury Lane collection and...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef01348880d546970c 2010-10-27T12:54:44+01:00 2010-10-27T12:54:44+01:00 Caroline Shaw Despite everything I've read about the spectacle, realism and topicality of Harris's stage productions, I couldn't quite believe the assertion by W Macqueen Pope that in 1895 Cinderella arrived at...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef013487c05286970c 2010-09-27T15:21:20+01:00 2010-09-27T15:21:20+01:00 Caroline Shaw The purpose of this post is to highlight some online digitised collections which relate to the Theatre Music Archives. Items such as playbills and programmes can provide a context for our musical...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0134870c98c6970c 2010-09-07T12:02:07+01:00 2010-09-07T12:02:07+01:00 Caroline Shaw Augustus Harris took over the management of Drury Lane Theatre in 1879, in the same year as Oscar Barrett began to work there. He maintained the variety of genres, producing drama, opera and...<br/> <br/> (From the Theatre Music Archive: performance materials from 19th-century London. Caroline Shaw of the British Library)