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| Id |
30994 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778) |
| Title |
Group of seven songs from Comus. [For voice and figured bass]. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
[s.n.] |
| Publication Date |
[ca 1745] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. 7ff. |
| Description |
Disbound. Drop titles. Worn, some tears. Engraved. Comprising: i) How gentle was my Damon's air, sung by Mrs Arne; ii) Would you taste ye noon tide air, sung by Mrs Arne; iii) The wanton God, sung by Mrs Clive; iv) Now Phoebus sinketh in the West, sung by Mr Beard; v) Fly, swiftly ye Minutes, sung by Mr Beard; vi) By the gayly circling glass, sung by Mr Beard; vii) Preach not me your musty rules, sung by Mrs Clive. From the masque (prologue, three acts and epilogue), text altered from Milton by John Dalton, first performed on 4 March 1738 at Drury Lane with a cast which included the Cibbers, Kitty Clive, Cecilia Arne (the composer's wife) and John Beard. |
| Reference |
BUC p.43, etc. |
| Price |
£45.00 |
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