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| Id |
3040 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
PAXTON, Stephen (1734-1787) |
| Title |
Six Easy Solos for a Violoncello or Bassoon, in which are Introduced some Favourite Scots &c. Airs, Opera III; Most Humbly Dedicated to Robert Child Esq. [Score]. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for the Author, No.82 Great Titchfield Street |
| Publication Date |
[ca 1780] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. [i (title)], 19pp. |
| Description |
Disbound, sewn. Includes tunes by Handel, Baildon and Gretry. Engraved. "In London Paxton became a pupil of William Savage ‘for singing’ and an early member of the band called upon by the Sharp family for their private concerts. ‘A zealous and good Roman Catholic’ (Argent, 28), he had some influence at the Sardinian Embassy Chapel, where his masses were frequently sung and where his nephew George was organist (before 1769–75)" (TNG2). |
| Reference |
First edition. RISM A/I/6 P 1075. BUC p.766. |
| Price |
£300.00 |
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