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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Composition types Secular cantatas
Language English
Period Baroque
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Title
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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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Scores

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

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