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operas13
string trios3
ballad operas1
pantomimes with music1

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Shield, William (1748-1829)18
Longman and Broderip (London, England)5
O'Keeffe, John4
O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)4
Dudley, Sir H Bate (1745-1824)3
Pearce, William3
Pearce, William (1796-)3
Skarratt, Robert Thomas3
Brooke, Frances (1724?-1789)2
Dudley, H. Bate2

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The farmer : a comic opera performed with great applause at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

[1788?]

For voice and piano.

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Hartford Bridge : or, the skirts of a camp : an operatic farce as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Pearce, William (fl. 1785-1796)

[1792?]

For voice and piano.

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The highland reel : a musical romance, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

[1788]

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The travellers in Switzerland : a comic opera as performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Dudley, Sir H Bate (1745-1824)

[1794]

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The nunnery : a comic opera

Shield, William (1748-1829); Pearce, William (fl. 1785-1796)

[1785]

Libretto by William Pearce.

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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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The songs, duetts, quartetts, chorusses &c. &c. in the Picture of Paris : now performing at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Bonnor, Charles (fl. 1777-1829?); Merry, Robert (1755-1798); Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801)

[1791?]

Pantomime ballet, devised by C. Bonnor; lyrics by R. Merry. Overture arr. for keyboard; vocal numbers mostly arr. for voices and keyboard, with some in condensed score. Without the spoken dialogue...

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The noble peasant : a comic opera

Shield, William (1748-1829)

[1784]

Tp engraved by F. Bartolozzi. Pl. no: 150.

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The woodman : a comic opera, as performed with universal applause at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Dudley, Sir H Bate (1745-1824); Longman and Broderip (London, England)

[1791]

Overture "adapted as a lesson for the harpsichord or piano forte"; vocal numbers mostly arr. for voices and keyboard, some in condensed score. Without the spoken dialogue. Publisher's catalogue: p...

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The midnight wanderers : a comic opera performed at the Theatre Royal Covt. Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); Pearce, William (fl. 1785-1796); Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801); Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816); Grétry, André Ernest Modeste (1741-1813); Longman and Broderip (London, England)

[1793]

Afterpiece in 2 acts. Compiled and partly composed by W. Shield. Overture arr. "for the piano forte, with a violin accompaniment, composed by Nauman for the celebrated opera of Amphion"; vocal num...

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Fontainbleau, or Our way in France : a comic opera as performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden

Shield, William (1748-1829); O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

[1784?]

Overture arr. for keyboard; vocal numbers mainly for voices and continuo (unfigured bass), some in condensed score. Publisher's catalogue: final page (another issue exists with the catalogue in a di...

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The flitch of bacon : a comic opera, now performing with universal applause at the Theatre Royal in the Hay Market

Shield, William (1748-1829); Dudley, Sir H Bate (1745-1824); Napier, William (1740?-1812)

[1778]

Comic operatic afterpiece. Libretto by H. Bate. Overture arr. for keyboard with an extra stave containing the violin 2 part and some other instrumental detail; vocal numbers mostly in condensed sc...

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