Record ID
359195
Accession number
GSC 111739
Creator
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
Biographical Data
English composer.
Object title
Vienna diary : autograph manuscript, 1867.
Date
1867.
Credit line
Purchased with the papers of Arthur Sullivan, 1964.
Provenance
Purchased from descendants of Elena Bashford, widow of Sullivan's nephew and residual legatee, Herbert T. Sullivan.
Inscriptions/Markings
Ticket in the upper left corner of p. 2 of cover: "H E R / 3500"; stationer's ticket in upper right corner of p. 3 of cover: "A. F. Syré & Neffé. Wien. Tuchlauben N.6."
Notes
The journal of Sullivan's trip to Vienna in the company of George Grove.
"Arthur S. Sullivan. Vienna, 8 Oct: 1867. Hotel Kaiserin Elizabeth Weihburg Gasse, Wien"--Front flyleaf.
Folios 1 recto through 8 recto contain journal entries from his trip to Vienna and Prague, anecdotes, and a description of the "Rosamunde" music; the other leaves (folios 8 verso through 58 verso) are blank.
One of three Sullivan diaries at the Morgan together with the Leipzig diary, 1858, and the American diary, 1875-1880. All other volumes are located in the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
"Arthur S. Sullivan. Vienna, 8 Oct: 1867. Hotel Kaiserin Elizabeth Weihburg Gasse, Wien"--Front flyleaf.
Folios 1 recto through 8 recto contain journal entries from his trip to Vienna and Prague, anecdotes, and a description of the "Rosamunde" music; the other leaves (folios 8 verso through 58 verso) are blank.
One of three Sullivan diaries at the Morgan together with the Leipzig diary, 1858, and the American diary, 1875-1880. All other volumes are located in the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Associated names
Sullivan, Herbert T. (Herbert Thomas), 1868-1928, former owner.
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