Composition: The Musical Entertainer (Bickham Jr., George)

Title The Musical Entertainer
Creators George Bickham Jr. (composer)
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Instrumentation voice and continuo
voice, recorder and continuo
voice, flute and continuo
2 voices and continuo
2 voices, 2 flutes and continuo
2 voices
2 voices and flute
3 voices and continuo
voice, cello and continuo
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First published 1737
Dedication Each set of 4 plates has a different dedication ;Volume I # Earl of Burlington # Earl of Loudon # Earl Cowper # Lady Cobham # Lady Rich # Viscount Baltimore # Lord Delawar # Duchess of Manchester # Marquis of Caernarvon # Duke of Bolton # Earl of Chesterfield # Duchess of Queensberry # Earl of Anglesey # Duke of Richmond # Earl Rockingham # Duchess of Bedford # Earl Rivers # Duke of Rutland # Earl of Halifax # Lady Burlington # Earl of Gainsborough # Earl of Oxford and Mortimer # Viscount Weymouth # Earl of Westmorland # Duke of Somerset ;Volume II # Marquis of Caernarvon # Lady Frances Seymour # Lady Charlotte Seymour # Lord Poulet # Lord George Graham # Earl of Scarborough # Duke of Athol # Lord Abergavenny # Countess of Sunderland # Lord Harvey # Duke of Hamilton # Lord Walpole # Lord Castlemaine # Lord Charles Cavendish # Sackville, Earl of Thanet # Duke of Marlborough # Duchess of Newcastle # Lady Elizabeth Germain # Earl Stanhope # Earl of Derby # Lord Carpenter # Earl of Effingham # Lord Quarendon # Duchess of Newcastle # Earl of Chesterfield
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Composition types Songs, Folksongs, Secular cantatas
Language English
Period Baroque
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Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete London: Charles Corbett Volume 1 · view
view Complete London: C. Corbett Volume 2 · view
Volume 2 · view

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