Collection of songs of late 17th century composers, [ca. 1720].

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Collection of songs of late 17th century composers, [ca. 1720].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311265531

The songs, taken largely from the Playfords' various collections, include compositions of Banister, Blow, Humfrey, Locke and H. Purcell.

94 p. of ms. music ; 20 x 32 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7307331

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Playford, John, 1623-1686?

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Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674

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Playford, Henry, 1657-

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Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622-1677

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000172 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0000c5 Matthew Locke (1621 or 2-1677) was a composer. In 1653, he collaborated with Christopher Gibbons to write the opera Cupid and Death; he was also known for his instrumental and keyboard music, as well as for having written part...

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

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This version 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite from the opera : the Fairy queen / Henry Purcell ; selection and orchestration by Harold Byrns. 1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53445289 From the opera composed ca. 1689. Transcribed 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Passacaglia : from Dido and Aeneas / Henry Purcell ; transcribed by Charles O'Connell. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall Colle...

Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915

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William Hayman Cummings, English singer and musical antiquary. He was the first to unite the music of Mendelssohn's Festgesang with Charles Wesley's hymn 'Hark! the herald angels sing'. From the description of William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item, 1878 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 677020996 William Hayman Cummings was an English organist, composer, singer and writer, author of Purcell (1881), a biographical dictionary (1892) and other works ...

Banister, John, 1630-1679

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Blow, John

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Baptised on 23 February 1649. Epithet: composer and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000024 ...