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1775AQ27410London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1775. 4 32pp. Without half-title. Later buff paper wrappers. Extremities rubbed and chipped. Hinges exposed occasional spotting. The first edition of Irish playwright Kane O'Hara's 1711/12-1782 musical adaptation of M. de Falbaire's Les deux avares. ESTC T59182. First edition. 8vo. Printed for G. Kearsly unknown
17681994Dublin: William Smith et al. 1768-89. Leatherbound. Very good. Five 18th-century comedies bound in one volume: 1 Tom Jones: 68 p. 1769. Author Joseph Reed was a friend of Tom Jones author Henry Fielding and Fielding encouraged him to write a comic opera based on his novel; he then praised Reed's version publicly. 2 The Recruiting Officer: 83 6 p. 1768. A 1706 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar which follows the exploits of two officers named Plume and Brazen in the town of Shrewsbury. 3 The Imposters: 72 p. 1789. Featured Mrs. Jordan when performed at Drury Lane. This section's pages are darkened. 4 The Romance of an Hour: 40 p. 1775. A stage success for political writer Hugh Kelly. 5 Midas: 59 p. 1770. Midas by Kane O'Hara is a "burletta" or mock opera performed over 200 times at Covent Garden. 17 cm. Full leather. Remains of small label lower spine boards rubbed corners worn. Bookplate and ink notations on front endpapers. More photos available on request. <br/><br/> William Smith et al. hardcover
176525276London: I. Walsh 1765. Oblong folio. Disbound laid into modern wrappers. Two paginations; the one to the lower outer corners is continuous and specific to the edition: 1f. title 39 i blank pp. An earlier pagination to the upper outer sometimes inner corners is incomplete: 1f. title 9-23 27-30 32-36 53-67 i blank pp. Engraved. Publisher's catalogue to foot of title. <br/><br/>Systems include staves for vocal parts and figured bass. Instrumental passages include a right-hand part marked "Sy" =symphony. Additional stanzas printed as residual text. Dialogue not included. Each number preceded by caption: "Sung by." Names of singers mentioned in captions: "Mr. Legge" Jonathan Legg d. 1778 "Mrs. Priscilla Stevens" d. 1783 "Mr. Charles Dibdin" 1745-1814 "Mr. George Mattocks" 1734/35-1804 "Mr. John Beard" 1715/16-1791 "Miss Hallam" Isabella Mattocks 1746-1826 "Miss Elizabeth Miller" "Miss Poitier Jane Thompson b. 1736 "Mr. John Fawcett" d. 1793 "Mr. Edward Shuter" 1728-1776 and "Mr. John Dunstall." Second edition. RISM AM1786 not distinguishing between the two editions although the copy at the Bibliothèque nationale de France is noted as having 39 pages instead of 67. WorldCat several additional copies not distinguishing between editions. The first edition to which the earlier incomplete pagination in the present copy refers has 67 pages; the second is a compilation of excerpts from the first and has 39 pages only. Page 25 of the second edition was re-engraved as in the first edition it contained the beginning of another number excluded from the second edition at its foot.<br/><br/>"Irish librettist and musician Kane O'Hara. is known chiefly as the librettist and arranger of the music for Midas. the first 'English burletta' presented at the Crow Street Theatre Dublin on 22 January 1762 as a rival attraction to the season of Italian burlettas at the Smock Alley Theatre. The music contains popular songs of the time such as arias from Italian operas and folksongs from Ireland and other countries linked by dialogue set to recitative. There is frequent resort to concerted numbers. With characters consisting of mythological gods and mortals Midas is in reality a burlesque of opera seria. It attained considerable popularity and was frequently performed in London after the first production at Covent Garden on 22 February 1764." Brian Boydell in Grove Music Online. I. Walsh unknown books
176525276London: I. Walsh 1765. Oblong folio. Disbound laid into modern wrappers. Two paginations; the one to the lower outer corners is continuous and specific to the edition: 1f. title 39 i blank pp. An earlier pagination to the upper outer sometimes inner corners is incomplete: 1f. title 9-23 27-30 32-36 53-67 i blank pp. Engraved. Publisher's catalogue to foot of title. <br /> <br /> Systems include staves for vocal parts and figured bass. Instrumental passages include a right-hand part marked "Sy" =symphony. Additional stanzas printed as residual text. Dialogue not included. Each number preceded by caption: "Sung by." Names of singers mentioned in captions: "Mr. Legge" Jonathan Legg d. 1778 "Mrs. Priscilla Stevens" d. 1783 "Mr. Charles Dibdin" 1745-1814 "Mr. George Mattocks" 1734/35-1804 "Mr. John Beard" 1715/16-1791 "Miss Hallam" Isabella Mattocks 1746-1826 "Miss Elizabeth Miller" "Miss Poitier Jane Thompson b. 1736 "Mr. John Fawcett" d. 1793 "Mr. Edward Shuter" 1728-1776 and "Mr. John Dunstall." Second edition. RISM AM1786 not distinguishing between the two editions although the copy at the Bibliothèque nationale de France is noted as having 39 pages instead of 67. WorldCat several additional copies not distinguishing between editions. The first edition to which the earlier incomplete pagination in the present copy refers has 67 pages; the second is a compilation of excerpts from the first and has 39 pages only. Page 25 of the second edition was re-engraved as in the first edition it contained the beginning of another number excluded from the second edition at its foot.<br /> <br /> "Irish librettist and musician Kane O'Hara. is known chiefly as the librettist and arranger of the music for Midas. the first 'English burletta' presented at the Crow Street Theatre Dublin on 22 January 1762 as a rival attraction to the season of Italian burlettas at the Smock Alley Theatre. The music contains popular songs of the time such as arias from Italian operas and folksongs from Ireland and other countries linked by dialogue set to recitative. There is frequent resort to concerted numbers. With characters consisting of mythological gods and mortals Midas is in reality a burlesque of opera seria. It attained considerable popularity and was frequently performed in London after the first production at Covent Garden on 22 February 1764." Brian Boydell in Grove Music Online. I. Walsh unknown
171969892Mercer New Jersey August 17 1955. in printed Twentieth Century-Fox wrappers. Very slight use to the wrappers; contents fine. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. O'Hara is employed as a scenario writer in connection with three specific writing assignments delivering a final screenplay including continuity and dialogue. unknown
