Composition: Musick's Hand-Maid (Playford, John)

Title Musick's Hand-Maid
Alternative title ''Title-page transcription'' :Musick's Hand-maide Presenting New and Pleasant Lessons for the Virginals or Harpsycon [sic] ; Musicks Hand-maid: New Lessons and Instructions for the Virginals or Harpsychord :The Second Part of Musick's Hand-maid: Containing The Newest Lessons, Grounds, Sarabands, Minuets, and Jiggs, Set for the Virginals, Harpsichord, and Spinet.
Creators John Playford (composer)
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Instrumentation harpsichord
organ
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First published 1663
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Composition types Lessons, Suites, Airs, Gigues, Courantes, Sarabandes, Minuets, Marches, Psalms
Period Baroque
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Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete — John Playford — Title Page · view
Complete score (1663 ed.) · view
Complete score (1678 ed.) · view
Part 2 (1689 ed.) · view
view Complete — John Playford 1689 Part 2 (1689) · view
view Complete — Stainer & Bell 1969 Part 1 · view
view Complete — Stainer & Bell 1958 Part 2 · view
view Complete selections — — 1. Preludium (anon.) · view
2. The Canaries or the Hay (anon.) · view
3. An Ayre (anon.) · view
4. Corant (anon.) · view
5. Saraband (anon.) · view
6. A Jegg, (Ben Sandley) · view
7. An Ayre (anon.) · view
9. Saraband, (William Lawes, 1602-1645) · view
10. Selengers Round (anon.) · view
11. Scotish March (anon.) · view
12. Freemans Delight (anon.) · view
27. The Kings Delight (anon.) · view
Engraving files (Lilypond) · view

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DetailsTypePerformersFiles
view Synthesized Shuwen Zhang (piano) 47. Preludium in G major · file
view Synthesized 1. Preludium (anon.) · file
2. The Canaries or the Hay (anon.) · file
3. An Ayre (anon.) · file
4. Corant (anon.) · file
5. Saraband (anon.) · file
6. A Jegg, (Ben Sandley) · file
7. An Ayre (anon.) · file
9. Saraband, (William Lawes, 1602-1645) · file
10. Selengers Round (anon.) · file
11. Scotish March (anon.) · file
12. Freemans Delight (anon.) · file
27. The Kings Delight (anon.) · file
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