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Total number of records: 12

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SubjectCount
songs with harpsichord12
songs with continuo4
operas2
songs with piano2
hunting songs1
incidental music1
songs with guitar1
songs, english1
vocal duets, unaccompanied1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hook, Mr (1746-1827)3
Arne, Thomas Augustine1
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)1
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)1
Babb, Samuel1
Beard, John1
Beard, John (1791)1
Bickerstaff, Isaac1
Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812)1
Bland & Weller1

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How blest the maid : sung by Miss Brent in Love in a village

Galuppi, Baldassare (1706-1785); Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Brent, Charlotte (1802)

[ca. 1780?]

Song, adapted by T. Arne from B. Galuppi's 'Pastorella al prato' from his 'Filosofo di campagna'. Arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard with figured bass. Caption title.

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The madrigal

Giardini, Felice (1716-1796); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[ca. 1780?]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard. Caption title. First line: For me my fair a wreath has wove where rival flow'rs in union meet.

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Bonny Jamie O : a favorite Scotch song

Hook, Mr (1746-1827); Wrighten, Mary Ann (1751?-1796)

[ca. 1780]

Song by J. Hook, arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord. First line: Where new mown hay on winding Tay. Caption title.

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The kiss : A favorite song, as sung by Miss Brown. And Mrs. Farrel

Brown, Miss (fl. ca. 1775?); Farrell, Mrs (1755-1793); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Babb, Samuel

[ca. 1780?]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord; with a version for the guitar. Composer unknown. This is not the setting by J. Oswald. Words by R. Dodsley. First line: One kind kiss before we...

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No flow'r that blows, sung by Mrs. Baddeley in Selima & Azor

Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

[1780?]

Arranged on 2 staves for voice and keyboard with guitar accompaniment at end.

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I thought it was queer : a favorite song sung by Miss Newman at Vauxhall

Hook, Mr (1746-1827); Carey, George Saville (1743-1807)

[1787?]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and harpsichord; with a version for the flute or guitar. First line: As I lean'd o'er a gate one midsummer eve.

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Myrtilla

Howard, Samuel (1710-1782); Beard, John (1791)

[ca. 1760]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard. By S. Howard. Caption title. Without imprint.

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How sweet in the woodlands : a favorite duetto

Harington, Henry (1727-1816)

[ca. 1775?]

Duet for 2 voices; with a version for 2 guitars or flutes and for voice and harpsichord. Caption title.

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The maid of Selma : a particular favorite Scotch song

Corri, Domenico (1746-1825)

[ca. 1780?]

For voice and continuo (unfigured bass), realized in small notes on the middle stave. Caption title.

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Wine cannot cure

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)

[1796?]

Arranged on 2 staves for voice and keyboard. Attributed to Samuel Arnold.

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Sung by Mrs. Jordan in the Spoil'd child

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Jordan, Dorothy (1761-1816)

[ca. 1790]

From the play by I. Bickerstaffe, arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard, with a version for the flute. Composer unknown. First line: 'I am a brisk and sprightly lad'.

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The contented shepherd : a favorite song

Hook, Mr (1746-1827); Robinson, Mary (1758-1800); Darley, William (1756-1809); Bland & Weller

[ca. 1795?]

Arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard; with a version for the flute. Reprinted from the plates of Hook's 'A collection of favorite songs sung... at Vauxhall Gardens ... 1793' (p. 10-11) Captio...

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