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The Sicilian knight : a cavatina

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

ca. 1831

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

GUSN

GUSN-191957

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Description

A knight kneels before his lady on a garden path. A horse is in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

songs (document genre)
knights (landholders)
opera (discipline)
singers
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE411

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.10.TMP.013

Record Details

Originator

Pendleton's Lithography (Lithographer)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other People

Austin, Elizabeth, b. ca. 1800

Subjects

Courtship and love

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Courtship and love
Sung by Mrs. Austin in the romantic opera of Rokeby. The subject of the music is from Von Weber's opera La Preciosa.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

New York, N.Y.

Publisher

Bourne

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

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