Found 2 collections related to Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855

Henry R. Bishop, English composer. He served as musical director of the top theatres in London, including and Covent Garden, King's Theatre and Drury Lane. Throughout his career, Bishop composed, contributed to, or arranged around 130 stage works, and selections from some 70 of them were published. These published volumes contain 48 overtures, 190 airs and ballads, 53 display songs, 73 duets and trios, 150 glees and ensemble pieces, and 340 melodramas, marches, and ballet airs. To [?] : 1 autograph note signed ; no date (MISC 3548), saying, "I will be ready for the Carriage at one o'clock." Attached to a note in the hand of John Braham, singer. Filed under "Bishop.". less

Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. The Thomas Moore manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection includes writings and correspondence. The writings consist of poems and music, including holograph alterations to his printed sheet music, "Thou has sent me a flowery band" (London: Clementi Co., ca. 1818). The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1828-1832 and discusses personal and professional matters, including his works on Lord Byron. Correspondents include: Messrs. Galignani, publishers; James Power, music publisher; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author; and over fifty others. less