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Total number of records: 119

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operas60
english drama7
pantomimes with music6
ballad operas4
songs with instrumental ensemble4
incidental music3
theater3
ballets2
masques with music2
music2

Top 10: People and organisations

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Shield, William (1748-1829)17
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)13
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)13
Storace, Stephen (1762-1796)13
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)8
Gay, John (1685-1732)7
Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812)6
Colman, George (1762-1836)6
Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)6
O'Keeffe, John6

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The beggar's opera : as it is perform'd at both Theatres

Gay, John (1685-1732); Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)

[ca.1776]

Reduced score. Music originally compiled by J. Pepusch? Indexed in: BUCEM, not recorded

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The camp : an entertainment as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane

Linley, Thomas (1733-1795); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816); Tickell, Richard (1751-1793); Parke, John (1745-1829)

[1778]

Libretto by R.B. Sheridan and R. Tickell. Overture and accompaniments arranged for keyboard; some songs in condensed score. "N.B. The favorite song in the School for scandal is printed at the end ...

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Duplicity : a comedy; as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809); Harris, Thomas (1820)

1782

Dedicated to: Thomas Harris. Secondhand bookseller's note enclosed

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The mountaineers : as performed with the utmost applause at the Theatre Royal Hay-Market

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); Colman, George (1762-1836); Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Preston & Son

[1793?]

Dialogue opera in 3 acts. Libretto by G. Colman, after Cervantes. Overture arranged for keyboard; accompaniments mostly for keyboard or continuo (figured bass) Without the spoken dialogue. 'Ad...

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The fairy prince : a masque. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Colman, George (1732-1794); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)

1771

Borrowed chiefly from Jonson's masque 'Oberon' with passages from Shakespeare and Dryden. With text on p. 15 but none on p. 16; a variant has text on pp.15 & 16. Anonymous. By George Colman. Wit...

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The Quaker : a comic opera; as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)

1780

Without the music (by Dibdin)

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Rosina : a comic opera, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Brooke, Frances (1724?-1789)

[1780?]

Libretto by Frances Brooke.

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Marian : an opera, as perform'd at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Brooke, Frances (1724?-1789)

[1788]

Overture "adapted as a harpsichord lesson"; vocal numbers mostly in condensed score, some with continuo (figured bass) Without the spoken dialogue.

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The maid of the mill : a comic opera, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761)

[1798?]

Vocal score with unfigured bass. Text by Isaac Bickerstaff. Based on Richardson's Pamel.

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The fairy prince : a masque as perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Colman, George (1732-1794); Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637); Welcker, Peter (1775)

[1771]

Libretto by G. Colman, after B. Jonson's 'Oberon'. Overture "adapted for the harpsichord, or piano forte"; vocal numbers mostly in condensed score with figured bass. There are two blank pages betw...

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