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The Musical entertainer

Title
The Musical entertainer / engrav'd by George Bickham, junr.
Publication
Cambridge, Eng. : W. Heffer, 1943.

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Additional Authors
  • Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Bickham, George, 1706?-1771.
  • Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
  • Deutsch, Otto Erich, 1883-1967.
Description
1 score ([26] p.) ; ill.; 29 cm.
Series Statement
The Harrow replicas ; no. 2
Alternative Title
Purcell and Handel in Bickham's Musical entertainer
Subject
  • Songs (High voice) with harpsichord
  • Flute and harpsichord music, Arranged > Scores
Note
  • Songs with figured bass ; some have transposed part for flute (to be substituted for soprano?) printed at end.
  • "Our selection includes facsimiles, reduced in size, of the title-page to the first volume and fourteen songs by, or in some way connected with, Purcell and Handel, together with one of the preliminary pages written by the penman Willington Clark and engraved by George Bickham, senior. Our plates, copied from the original in the Paul Hirsch Library at Cambridge, are, with one exception, all reproductions of the first issue"--Publisher's note, p. [25].
Language (note)
  • Chiefly English words ; 2 numbers have Italian words.
  • Commentary in English by Otto Erich Deutsch, p. [26].
Contents
The submissive admirer -- The request to the nightingal -- Dimmi cara -- Si caro -- The address to Sylvia -- The delirious lady -- The melancholly nymph -- The beautiful charmer -- Mad Bess -- Achilles brought by Thetis to his tutor Chiron -- The invitation to Mira -- The taste -- The pleasures of life -- Phillis advised.
Call Number
JOF 97-2
OCLC
37215694
Title
The Musical entertainer / engrav'd by George Bickham, junr.
Imprint
Cambridge, Eng. : W. Heffer, 1943.
Series
The Harrow replicas ; no. 2
Language
Chiefly English words ; 2 numbers have Italian words.
Commentary in English by Otto Erich Deutsch, p. [26].
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Added Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Vocal music. Selections; arranged.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Vocal music. Selections; arranged.
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771.
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
Deutsch, Otto Erich, 1883-1967.
Cover Title
Purcell and Handel in Bickham's Musical entertainer
Research Call Number
JOF 97-2
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