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Brotherton Collection10
English Literature5

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masques with music18
songs with continuo2
cantatas, secular1
choruses, secular (mixed voices) with orchestra1
songs with orchestra1
trio sonatas (oboe, violin, continuo)1

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Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)7
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)3
Gay, John3
Gay, John (1685-1732)3
Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875)2
Bladen, Martin (1680-1746)2
Clarke Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)2
Clarke-Whitfeld, John2
Galliard, John Ernest (1747)2
Handel Society2

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Acis and Galatea

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Clarke Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)

[1835]

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Acis and Galatea

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Gay, John (1685-1732); Clarke Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)

[1809]

Masque.

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Acis and Galatea : a masque performed for the first time at Cannons in the year 1721

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875); Handel Society

1846-47

Edited by William Sterndale Bennett.

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The musick in the masque of Comus

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Dalton, John (1709-1763); Milton, John (1608-1674)

[1750?]

Libretto adapted from Milton's Comus by John Dalton.

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The masque of Alfred

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Thomson, James (1700-1748); Mallet, David (1705?-1765); Walsh, John (1709-1766)

[ca. 1757]

Libretto by J. Thomson and D. Mallett. The complete music of the masque, including 'Rule Britannia'.

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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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The maid of the oaks : as perform'd at Drury Lane Theatre, and Lord Stanley's fete champetre

Barthélemon, F.-H (1741-1808); Burgoyne, John (1722-1792); Marmontel, Jean François (1723-1799); Johnston, John (fl. 1767-1778); Longman, Lukey and Co

[ca. 1775]

A "masque within a comedy" in 5 acts (cf. New Grove) Libretto by J. Burgoyne, after J.F. Marmontel's 'Sylvain'. Overture and other instrumental items arr. for keyboard; vocal numbers mostly arr. f...

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Acis and Galatea : a masque performed for the first time at Cannons in the year 1721

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875); Handel Society

1846-47

Edited by William Sterndale Bennett.

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Solon, or, Philosophy no defence against love : a tragi-comedy. With the masque of Orpheus and Euridice

Bladen, Martin (1680-1746)

1705

"In the third act is a masque of Orpheus and Eurydice"; cf. Baker, D.E. Biog. drama., 1812: v. 3, p. 287.

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Solon, or, Philosophy no defence against love : a tragi-comedy. With the masque of Orpheus and Euridice

Bladen, Martin (1680-1746)

1705

"In the third act is a masque of Orpheus and Eurydice"; cf. Baker, D.E. Biog. drama., 1812: v. 3, p. 287.

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Britannia and Batavia : a masque

Lillo, George (1693-1739); Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)

1740

Without the music, by Henry Carey; cf. NUC pre-1956.

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Presumptuous love : a dramatick masque

Taverner, William (1731); Turner, William (1651-1740)

[1716]

Libretto only, sometimes attributed to Mr. Taverner; cf. BM; also attributed to William Turner; cf. NUC pre-1956. An anonymous work presented in Taverner's play Every body mistaken: cf. Nicoll A., A...

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