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| Id |
36771 |
| Category |
antiquarian music |
| Author / Composer |
ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778) |
| Title |
Lyric Harmony Consisting of Eighteen entire new Ballads, with Colin and Phaebe, in Score. As performed at Vaux Hall Gardens by Mrs. Arne and Mr. Lowe, Opera Quarta; [with] The Second Volume ... with Damon and Cloe ..., Opera Quinta. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Printed for the Author by Wm. Smith |
| Publication Date |
[ca 1745] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Two volumes in one. Folio. [ii (title/privilege)], 31; [ii (title/privilege)], 26pp. |
| Description |
Quarter calf (rubbed and worn) with marbled boards (edges bumped and worn). pp.21/22 of Op.5 lacking and reproduced in facsimile. Front cover with armorial bookplate of "J. Gibson A.M.", title of Op.4 with stencilled name of C. Gibson dated 1779 within decorative oval. Imprint to Op.4 with additional manuscript entry reading "Sold by J. Walsh in Catherine Street Strand". Engraved. Singers mentioned in the titles are Cecilia Arne [née Young] (1712-1789), Thomas Lowe (fl.1745-d.1783), and also in the Op.5 Henry Theodore Reinhold (1690?-1751). |
| Reference |
RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 1991 and 1993. BUC p.46. |
| Price |
£650.00 |
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