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in Soho. It was Alfred who really established the business, and he is credited with introducing affordable music and of departing from the method of publishing by subscription. From 1841 Henry
Littleton assisted him, becoming a partner in 1861, when the firm became Novello & Co., and, on J.A.
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Novello's retirement in 1866, sole proprietor. Having incorporated the firm of Ewer & Co. in 1867, the title was changed to
Novello, Ewer & Co., and still later back to Novello & Co., and, on Henry Littleton's death in 1888, his two sons carried on the business.
299:(1818–1908), was a soprano, one of the best known vocalists in opera and oratorio, and on the concert stage, from 1833 onward. In 1843 she married Count Gigliucci, but after a few years returned to her profession, retiring in 1860.
198:(1822). Between 1819 and 1824 Novello also published a series of masses by Haydn and Mozart in the form of vocal scores that were affordable and accessible to choral societies for the first time.
267:(née Novello) (1812-1890) was an actress and singer, a pupil of the singing teacher Mrs. Blaine Hunt. She achieved early success on the stage but retired in 1836 when she married
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for the sake of Mary's health. She died there of cholera in 1854. Novello remained in Nice, where he died in 1861 just before his eightieth birthday.
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Novello and his wife, Mary
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Novello in the 1830s, by Edward Petre Novello
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