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Times of Trenton Highlights 18th Century Handel Acquisition

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Library is pleased to announce the acqui­si­tion of an eighteenth-century scribal score of George Frid­eric Handel’s three-act opera Berenice, copied by a con­tem­po­rary Han­del copy­ist (“S2”) from the composer’s auto­graph man­u­script.   The acqui­si­tion is high­lighted on the front … Con­tinue read­ing

28. January 2013 by Rare Books and Special Collections
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Curator’s Tour of “First X, Then Y, Now Z” — December 2, 2012 @ 2 pm

Please join LETC and John Delaney for a tour of the cur­rent exhibit in the main exhi­bi­tion gallery at Fire­stone Library, “First X, Then Y, Now Z: Land­mark The­matic Maps”.   We will meet in the main exhi­bi­tion gallery at Fire­stone. … Con­tinue read­ing

14. November 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections
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