Music manuscripts of Nicholas Gatty The collection contains Gatty's original i) unbound loose manuscript music scores and ii) bound manuscript music scores, consisting of the following: i) 'Venice Preserved: an opera in 3 acts' (text from the 1682 play by the Restoration playwright and poet Thomas Otway (1652-1685); ii) 'Scena from 'Greysteel' for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra' (1 volume), undated; 'First Come, First Served: a comedy opera in three acts' (text by Reginald Gatty) (3 volumes), undated; 'Gammer Gurton's Needle: an opera in two acts' (a setting of the 1575 play by 'Mr. Masters of Arts') (2 volumes), c 1940; Gatty's original orchestral manuscript of 'Macbeth: a tragic opera in four acts' (text from Shakespeare by Reginald Gatty) (bound in 2 volumes), Jun 1924. Early 20th century-mid 20th century