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Twelve English songs : with their symphonies

Title
Twelve English songs : with their symphonies / the words by Shakespeare and other celebrated poets ; set to musick by Mr. Thomas Chilcot, organist of Bath.
Author
Chilcot, Thomas, approximately 1700-1766.
Publication
London : printed and sold by John Johnson at the harp and crown in Cheapside : and Mr. Fredrick, booksellers in Bath : and by the author, [1750]

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Notated musicSupervised use Drexel 4295Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Additional Authors
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  • Drexel Collection.
Description
1 score (45 p.); 35 cm.
Uniform Title
English songs
Alternative Title
English songs
Subjects
Note
  • For solo voice with accompaniment principally of various combinations of string and wind instruments.
  • Words by Shakespeare, Marlow, Anacreon and Euripides.
  • Preliminaries include "To Sam Strode" and list of subscribers.
Indexed In (note)
  • RISM A/I
Contents
Pardon goddess of the night / [words by] Shakespeare in Much ado about nothing -- Come thou monarch of the vine / Shakespeare in Antony & Cleopatra -- Hark, hark! the lark / Shakespeare in Cymbeline -- On a day (a lack the day!) / Shakespeare in Love's labour lost -- Take, oh, take those lips away / Shakespeare in Measure for measure -- Place beneath a spreading vine / Anacreon -- Come live with me and be my love / Marlow -- Friends of play and mirth and wine / Anacreon -- Fill, kind females, fill the bowl / Anacreon -- Wedding is great Juno's crown / Shakespeare in As you like it -- Orpheus with his lute / Shakespeare in Henry the eight -- The choir awake / Euripides.
Call Number
Drexel 4295, no. 6
OCLC
16455423
Author
Chilcot, Thomas, approximately 1700-1766.
Title
Twelve English songs : with their symphonies / the words by Shakespeare and other celebrated poets ; set to musick by Mr. Thomas Chilcot, organist of Bath.
Imprint
London : printed and sold by John Johnson at the harp and crown in Cheapside : and Mr. Fredrick, booksellers in Bath : and by the author, [1750]
Indexed In:
RISM A/I, C 2048.
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Added Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Drexel Collection.
Research Call Number
Drexel 4295, no. 6
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