The dream of Gerontius / by Cardinal Newman set to music for mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass soli, chorus and orchestra by Edward Elgar. (Op. 38).
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Category
Books
Date
c 1900
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 941831
Summary
Formerly DUN/F/105, drawer A.
Bibliographic description
1 vocal score (viii,[2],177,[1],8 p.) ; 26 cm. Loosely inserted (p.41): folded leaf, with letter head '9 Onslow Square, South Kensington' with a version of the words to the song 'Botany Bay' ; printed sheet with 'Hymn for absent friends'. Binding: publisher's printed brown paper wrappers.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857 - 1934) Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)