Carr, Benjamin
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Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831
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Carr, Benjamin, 1769-1831
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Philadelphia composer, organist, and music publisher.
Composed 1799 on the death of George Washington. This arrangement 1975. First performance of this arrangement Richmond, Virginia, 1 December 1975, Richmond Sinfonia, Jacques Houtmann conductor, Sandra Ruggles soprano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Song with text by Sir Walter Scott. Originally composed for voice and piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
From the opera The Archers [or Mountaineers] of Switzerland, with libretto by William Dunlap based on Friedrich von Schiller's William Tell. First performance New York, 18 April 1796, by the Old American Company.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
Originally composed for piano. First published by Joseph Carr (father) in Baltimore (1815?) as no. 25 in Benjamin Carr's Miscellany. Reissued in Philadelphia by George Willig ca. 1832. This transcription 1976 first performed Toms River, New Jersey, 31 January 1976, Garden State Philharmonic, Robert Fitzpatrick conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
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Ballads, English
Folk songs, Irish
Funeral music
Keyboard instrument music
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Opera
Orchestral music
Sea songs
Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Songs with piano
Songs with piano
Vocal duets with harpsichord
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