Material relating to Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, including autograph letter from Stanford to Arrigo Boito concerning Stanford's proposed adaptation of Tennyson's Becket, draft notes by Stanford concerning the adaptation, and a copy of 'Becket and Other Plays', annotated by Alfred Lord Tennyson, MacMillan, London, 1908, inscribed by Stanford to Arrigo Boito,

1908-1910.
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Main Creator: Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924
Summary:Copy of 'Becket and Other Plays' annotated by Alfred Lord Tennyson.


Rough draft arrangement by Stanford re 'Becket'.
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Citation:National Library of Ireland. Department of Manuscripts.
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Notes:Arrigo Boito (24 February 1842 10 June 1918), also known as Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito, pseudonym Tobia Gorrio, was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretti and his own opera, Mefistofele.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer, resident in England for much of his life.

Physical description: 3 items.

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MS 46,756
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