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| Id |
36031 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
BLOW, John (1649-1708) |
| Title |
Amphion Anglicus. A Work of many Compositions, For One, Two, Three and Four Voices: With several Accompagnements [sic] of Instrumental Musick; and A Thorow-Bass to each Song; figur'd for an Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorboe-Lute. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed by William Pearson for the Author ... and by Henry Playford |
| Publication Date |
1700 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Folio. [x (frontispiece, title, dedication)], viii, [ii (publisher's catalogue)], 216pp. |
| Description |
Mottled calf, rebacked, gilt armorial insignia. Some occasional light browning, few pages crinkled; pp.197-200 from another slightly smaller copy (with worm holes at lower margin). Dedicated to Ann (1665-1714), Princess of Denmark, and, from 1702, Queen of England. From the collection of Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014). The preliminaries contain laudatory verses by many of blow's contemporaries including D'Urfey, J. Clarke, William Croft, Samuel Akeroyde, and Blow's pupil John Barrett. A small proportion of the songs in this superb collection had appeared in earlier publications, but most are printed here for the first time. The songs are for one to three voices with occasional instrumental obligato, and represent the culmination of his secular compositions: Blow wrote very little after 1700. |
| Reference |
RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 B 2985. BUC p.114. |
| Price |
£950.00 |
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