D'Urfey, Thomas

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Epithet: poet and dramatist

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referencedIn BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vol. CCLX (ff. 210). (1) Verses, chiefly relating to Marlborough and his victories; circ. 1704-[1722?], n.d. Partly French, Dutch and Latin. Partly printed. ff. 1-95b. Including: — (a) Prologue for a performance of the opera, Camill..., 1699-1731 British Library
referencedIn ODE to S. Cecilia, in score, by H. Purcell. At the end is his setting of T. d'Urfey's song "Celamene, pray tell me," as a duet. Paper; ff. 31. Circ. 1700. Folio.Henry Purcell, composer and organist: Odes, masques, opera-music, etc.: 17th, 18th centt...., approximately 1700 British Library
referencedIn " DIDO and Aeneas "; followed, at f. 65, by "such part of the music in The Yorkshire Feast-Song' as is not contained in the ' Orpbeus Britannicus,'" and, at f. 89, by "A Fool's Preferment, or the three dukes of Dunstable, a comedy acted at the Queen'..., 19th century British Library
referencedIn PURCELL MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff. 72). 1. ff. 1-25. 'The Libertine' (Z600); [1692?]. From the play by Thomas Shadwell. 2. ff. 26-72v. Ode, 'Of old when heroes thought it base' ('Yorkshire Feast Song') (Z333); 1690. Words by Thomas D'Urfey.includes:ff..., 1690-1693 British Library
referencedIn ROGER QUILTER: 'Saint Valentine's Day', old English song for medium voice, string quartet and harp, based on a melody from D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth' (1707): version for voice and piano; 1917, altered 1919. Two autograph scores in ink, in slightly dif..., 1917-1919 British Library
creatorOf RESTORATION SONGS: anonymous collection of approximately one hundred and three English songs and ballads chiefly of the Restoration period and drawn in part from plays; copied circa 1686-circa 1694. The manuscript falls into two main sections: the fi..., approximately 1686-approximately 1694 British Library
referencedIn SO-XGS, without authors' names; except three, which are ascribed to Matthew Prior, Thomas Durfey, and Sir John Castleton. Paper; ff. 11. xviith cent. Duodecimo., 17th century British Library
referencedIn ANTHEMS, duets, songs, etc., mostly with accompaniments, in score, by Giacomo Carissimi, G. F. Sances, G. Casati, P. Reggio, Aldrich, Purcell, Blow, Courteville, Robert Ramsey, Pelham Humfrey, Lock, Gibbons, and Capt. Henry Cooke. Folios 2-44 are in ... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANY Of poetical pieces by M. Prior, T. D'Urfey and others. English and Latin. Included are:-" Chevy chase," with a Latin translation, " jussu episcopi Londinensis." f. 15 b;-Odes by Dr. Antonio Alsop; published in 1752. Latin. f. 43 b et passi..., approximately 1718-approximately 1750 British Library
referencedIn Lieutenant Gedeon Bonnivert, son of Paschall and Judith Bonnivert of Sedan in Champagne: Papers and collections of, in prose and verse: 15th-17th centt.includes:ff. 2-16 b Theology: On penance and confession, tribulation and temptation, contemplati... British Library
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