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Id |
36047 |
Category |
antiquarian music |
Author / Composer |
NEALE, Richard editor |
Title |
A Pocket Companion for Gentlemen and Ladies being a collection Of the finest Opera Songs & Airs, In English and Italian. Carefully Corrected, & also Figur'd for ye Organ, Harpsicord, and Spinet, by Rid. Neale. [Vol.I]. The 2d. Edition. |
Place |
London |
Publisher |
Printed at Cluer's Printing-Office, and sold there and by B. Creake |
Publication Date |
[1724] |
ISBN / Plate No. |
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Series |
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Size |
Small 8vo. [viii (frontispiece, title, preface, dedication)], xvi (list of subscribers), [ii (subscribers to the second edition)], 152pp. |
Description |
Half morocco, raised bands, gilt. Engraved. Dedicated to John Brydges (1703-1727), Marquess of Carnarvon. Advertised for sale in the London Journal of 5 June 1724. Includes works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747), Attilio Malachia Ariosti (1666-1729), Anonymous, James Graves (fl. ca 1715-1727), Charles Dieupart (? after 1667-ca 1740), John Weldon (1676-1736), George Vanbrugh (fl. early eighteenth century), Henry Carey (1687-1743), Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752), and Raphael Courteville (fl.1720-d.1772). |
Reference |
RISM B/II p.94. BUC p.800. Smith2 (Handel) p.185. |
Price |
£450.00 |
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