Five songs with scores extracted from various publications including The British Muse (September, 1750) and Universal Magazine (Vol.VI, [1752]), all sung by various artists at Vauxhall Gardens in London England and two referencing Spring Gardens
Manuscript music copied by Burney, possibly for use in his General History of Music. Music includes madrigals by Gioseffo Zarlino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Alfonso Ferrabosco, and Luca Marenzio; motets by Johannes Lupi, and songs by John Dowland and Henr...
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Giovannelli, Ruggiero, ca. 1560-1625, Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662, Lupi, Johannes, d. 1539, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, and Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Subject (Topic):
Music -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800, Vocal music -- 16th century, and Vocal music -- 17th century
Manuscript music book containing hymns and songs, vocal parts only, for treble and tenor. Most are identified by names of hymn tunes or Psalm numbers, and most are without texts. Songs with texts include "An Elegy Made on the Death of Queene Mary" and...
Description:
Staff notation.
Subject (Name):
Miles, Susanna, active 1759., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694
Subject (Topic):
Hymns, English, Singing, Instruction and study, Songbooks, English, and Songs, English
The musical score with lyrics of a drinking song "The jolly Bacchanalians" with a copy of William Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation" which shows a large party of men smoking, drinking, and singing around a table with a large bowl in the center...
Alternative Title:
Jolly Bacchanalians
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietors & sold by J. Newbery at the Bible & Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard