Composition: 6 English Cantatas, Book 1 (Pepusch, John Christopher)

Title 6 English Cantatas
Alternative title Six English cantatas humbly inscrib'd to the most noble the Marchioness of Kent.
Creators John Christopher Pepusch (composer)
Opus
Instrumentation soprano and continuo
soprano, cello and continuo
soprano, violin and continuo
soprano, recorder and continuo
soprano and orchestra
Number of movements 6
Keys
Composed 1710
First published 1710
Dedication Marchioness of Kent
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Number of measures
Composition types Secular cantatas
Language English
Period Baroque
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Metronome Key Measures
1. The Island of Beauty
2. Alexis
3. The Spring
4. Miranda
5. Corydon
6. Cloe

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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete J. Young Complete Score · view
view Complete John Walsh Complete Score · view
view Complete John Walsh Complete Score · view
view Corydon (No.5) Hans-Thomas Müller-Schmidt 2020 Complete Score · view
view Cloe (No.6) Complete Score · view
Violins I and Oboe · view
Violins II · view
Violas · view
Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboards) · view

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