| Work Title
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The Musical Gem for 1831
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| Alternative. Title
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The Musical Gem: A Souvenir for MDCCCXXXI
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| Composer
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Various
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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see below
- Memoir of Madame Pasta
- Miss Smith - Spirit of Music. Spirit! Spirit! Come to me now! (lyr. Smith; 3 verses)
- Himmel - The Pride of the Valley. Ah! tell me, in kindness (arrangement of "An Alexis") (lyr. G. J. Seymour; 2 verses)
- Auber - Haste Thee Love. Guaracha. O haste thee, love, hither (arrangement) (lyr. W. E. Attfield; 2 verses)
- Eucharis Pacini - La Serenade. Tyrolienne. Sous ta fenêtre (lyr. Comtesse de Bradi; 3 verses)
- Spanish Melody - La Cachucha. Look from thy lattice, love / Tengo yo una cachuchita (arrangement: 2 voices, piano) (English lyr. G. J. Seymour)
- Memoir of Paganini
- Bellini - Rosalie. The lovely day is closing (arrangement) (lyr. William Ball)
- Sor - The Warning. Love, that from flower to flower / El amor siempre empieza (arrangement) (English lyr. W. E. Attfield; 2 verses)
- Cimarosa - The Troubadour's Lay. Canzonet. The Spring's lovely blossoms (arrangement) (lyr. Walter Thornton)
- Ball - Sympathy. Ballad. A knight and a lady once met in a grove
- C. de Bériot - It is the Hour. Romance. It is the hour, the lovely hour (possibly an arrangement) (lyr. William Ball)
- Memoir of Hummel
- Gabussi - Accusa i tuoi bei rai (2 voices, piano) (lyr. Marquis de Bologna)
- Eliza Saffery Shelton - Here's a Health to that Friend! 'Tis not while the fairy breeze fans the green sea
- Garcia - Rezo. The Planting of the Vine. / San Anton. Gentle neighbors! join with me, gentle neighbors! / A quel que a tencion me dea lo que diga (English lyr. William Ball)
- Malibran - Tyrolienne. Rouse thee up, shepherd boy! / Lève toi jeune enfant! (English lyr. William Ball)
- F. Stockhausen - The Swiss Maiden's Song to the Eagle. / Schlafe Lÿseli. Where the craggy upland tow'rs / Buti, Buti, Buteli bu! (English lyr. William Ball)
- Facsimile of the last page of Handel's manuscript of the Oratorio of the Messiah
- Memoir of Mademoiselle Taglioni
- Moscheles - Souvenir de l'Opera. Fantasia on Favorite Airs sung by Madame Malibran (Mozart: Non piu di fiori; Garcia: Bajelito; Cimarosa: Le Faccio un Inchino)
- H. Herz - Galope à la Giraffe
- Auber - Tarantella
- Anon - Valse Hongroise
- Anon - Reÿdowak
- Anon - Reÿdowatzka
- Anon - Mazurka
- Anon - Mazurka
- Anon - Ländler No.1
- Anon - Ländler No.2
- Anon - Galopp Waltzer
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel - The Queen Adelaide Quadrilles (arrangement/selection)
- The Queen Adelaide
- The Duchess of Cumberland
- The Prince George of Cumberland
- The Princess Victoria
- The Prince George of Cambridge
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| First Publication.
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1831
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| Librettist
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includes
- Lydia Bosworth Smith
- G. J. Seymour
- Comtesse de Bradi
- William Ball
- W. E. Attfield
- Walter Thornton
- Reginald Heber
- Marquis de Bologna
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| Language
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English, French, Spanish, Italian, Swiss German
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| Dedication
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Queen Adelaide of Great Britain
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano; piano; 2 voices, piano
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| Extra Information
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Included in the category Vocal Ornamentation.
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