Collection of 17th and 18th century airs and songs, ca. 1775.

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Collection of 17th and 18th century airs and songs, ca. 1775.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311265537

Manuscript score with a collection of songs and includes incidental music by Handel, Purcell, and [R. Leveridge] (for Macbeth, attributed to M. Locke see under Leveridge, "the music in Macbeth" (W.b.537) for a discussion of the attribution to Leveridge). Scored for voice and continuo. Index of songs and composers at the beginning.

1 ms. score ; 24 x 31 cm. (4to.)

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Forster, Thomas Furley, 1761-1825

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