Acis and Galatea : a serenata. A song for St Cecilia's day
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Type of record: Book
Title: Acis and Galatea : a serenata. A song for St Cecilia's day
Other titles: Acis and Galatea; A song for St Cecilia's day. Libretto
Classmark: BC Lt/WEN
Creator(s): Gay, John (1685-1732)
Additional creator(s): Dryden, John (1631-1700) (Other); Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) (Other)
Related people: Dryden, John; Handel, George Frideric
Publisher: Printed for J. Wenman
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): [1778]
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 Libretto (3p)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/283813
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001829659705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
'Acis and Galatea' is by J. Gay and is followed by 'A song for St Cecilia's day' attributed to Dryden; music by Handel.
Drop-head title; two columns to a page.
Issued with: Farquhar, George. The beaux stratagem. London: J. Wenman, 1778.
Additional description
Bound with 35 other publications in volume lettered PLAYS, from Wingfield family library, Onslow (v.2). Volume contents: 1. Otway, T.: The orphan, 1777. -- 2. Foote, S.: The orators, 1777. -- 3. Foote, S.: Taste, [1777]. -- 4. Congreve, W.: The mourning bride, 1777. -- 5. Fielding, H.: Don Quixote in England, 1777. -- 6. Carey, H.: The honest Yorkshireman, [1777]. -- 7. Shakespeare, W.: King Richard III, 1778. -- 8. Foote, S.: The minor, 1778. -- 9. Farquhar, G.: The stage-coach, [1778]. -- 10. Shakespeare, W.: Romeo and Juliet, 1778. -- 11. Shakespeare, W.: The tempest, 1778. -- 12. Foote, S.: The author, [1778]. -- 13. Dryden, J.: All for love, 1778. -- 14. Foote, S.: The Englishman in Paris, 1778. -- 15. Foote, S.: The knights, [1778]. -- 16. Hill, A.: Zara, 1778. -- 17. Farquhar, G.: The beaux stratagem, 1778. -- 18. Gay, J.: Acis and Galatea, [1778]. -- 19. Rowe, N.: Tamerlane, 1778. -- 20. Steele, R.: The conscious lovers, 1778. -- 21. Handel, G.: Messian, [1778]. -- 22.
Southerne, T.: Oroonoko, 1778. -- 23. Shakespeare, W.: A midsummer night's dream, 1778. -- 24. Lloyd, R.: Arcadia, [1778]. -- 25. Hughes, J.: The siege of Damascus, 1778. -- 26. Shakespeare, W.: Much ado about nothing, 1778. -- 27. Gay, J.: The what d'ye call it, [1778]. -- 28. Young, E.: The brothers, 1778. -- 29. Shakespeare, W.: King Henry VIII, 1778. -- 30. Otway, T.: Venice preserv'd, 1778. -- 31. Shakespeare, W.: The merry wives of Windsor, 1778. -- 32. Cibber, S.M.A.: The oracle, [1777?]. -- 33. Congreve, W.: The judgment of Paris, [1778]. -- 34. Rowe, N.: Lady Jane Gray, 1778. -- 35. Shakespeare, W.: All's well that ends well, 1778. -- 36. Shirley, W.: King Pepin's campaign, [1778?]
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