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operas4
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songs (medium voice) with piano1
songs with harpsichord1

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Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812)8
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)4
Bickerstaff, Isaac4
Arne, Thomas Augustine3
Jordan, Dorothy2
Jordan, Dorothy (1761-1816)2
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)1
Bickerstaff,Isaac1
Johnson, Charles1
Johnson, Charles (1679-1748)1

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Thomas and Sally, or, The sailor's return, a dramatic pastoral with the overture in score, songs, dialogues duettos and dance-tunes, as perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden by Mr. Beard and Miss Brent, Mr. Mattocks, Mrs. Vernon, and chorus

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812)

[1765]

A re-issue of the 1761 edition. For solo voices, chorus, orchestra and continuo (incl. figured bass). Words by Isaac Bickerstaffe.

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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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Love in a village : A comic opera as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Walsh, John (1709-1766)

[1763]

Libretto by I. Bickerstaff; music composed or compiled by T.A. Arne from various sources. Overture arr. for keyboard; vocal numbers mostly arr. for voices and continuo (figured bass)

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The comic opera of Love in a village

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)

[ca.1795]

Music composed and compiled by T. A. Arne.

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Love in a village : A comic opera. As it is performed at the Theater-Royal, in Covent-Garden

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)

1771

Music by Thomas Arne.

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Love in a village : a comic opera : as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1735-1812); Johnson, Charles (1679-1748); Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de (1688-1763)

1765

Drawn largely from Charles Johnson's Village opera, Wycherley's Gentleman dancing master, and Marivaux's Jeu de l'amour et du hazard.

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Since then I'm doom'd : sung by Mrs. Jordan in the Spoil'd child

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

[ca. 1790]

Song sung in the play by I. Bickerstaffe, arr. on two staves for voice and piano. Composer unknown.

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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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