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1 online resource (1 score (xxi, 89 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles. |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 74 |
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Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573 |
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Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 74.
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Recent researches in music online. 2577-4573
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For 2 or 3 voices and continuo; figured bass unrealized. |
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Words principally by Matthew Prior, also printed as text on pages xviii-xxi. |
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Edited from the edition published: London : Printed for the author by J. Simpson, 1745 or 1746. |
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Includes introduction and critical report. |
| Summary |
"John Travers's Eighteen Canzonets for Two and Three Voices (1746) is a delightful collection of part-songs with continuo for social singing. This charming music made a key contribution to the growth of social singing that culminated in the latter half of the eighteenth century with the English glee. The pieces are for the most part settings of poems by England's outstanding epigrammatist, Matthew Prior, whose wit has rarely been equaled and probably never excelled. Craftily contrapuntal and chordal by turns, Travers's settings capture the clever epigrams with music that sticks in the memory and challenges the voices without overwhelming them. These songs were popular enough to be reprinted several times during the eighteenth century, but the change of style at the end of that period relegated them to the libraries of antiquarians. Today, after some 250 years of lying fallow, they appear for the first time in a modern critical edition, allowing us to enjoy once again the music of England's Georgian composers." -- Provided by publisher. |
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Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed June 27, 2019). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
I, like a bee -- Whilst our joys -- Thus to the muses -- When Bibo thought fitt -- I, my dear, was born to day -- Why thus from the plain -- Says Pontius in rage -- Whilst I in prison -- Cease, Leonora -- Poor Hall -- Reading ends in melancholly -- Haste, my Nanette -- Soft Cupid -- He is not numb'red with the blest -- Beauty should please -- Pleasure's enchanted ground -- Fair and ugly -- Old I am. |
| Subject |
Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721 -- Musical settings.
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Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgtcHmctpJGFvDcjh78md
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Canzonets (Part songs), English -- 18th century -- Scores.
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Vocal duets with continuo -- 18th century -- Scores.
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Vocal trios with continuo -- 18th century -- Scores.
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Duos vocaux acc. de basse continue -- 18e siècle -- Partitions.
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Trios vocaux acc. de basse continue -- 18e siècle -- Partitions.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Canzonets (Part songs)
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Musical settings
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Scores
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Canzonets (Part songs)
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Scores.
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Canzonettes.
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Partitions (Musique)
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| Added Author |
Rubin, Emanuel, 1935-2008, editor.
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Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721, lyricist.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Travers, J. (John), approximately 1703-1758. Canzonets. Eighteen canzonets for two and three voices. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc. (OCoLC)57744168 9780895795670 |
| ISBN |
9781987202441 (online) |
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1987202449 |
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9780895795670 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.31022/C074 doi |
| Music No. |
C074 A-R Editions, Inc. |
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