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 |
Number of movements | — |
Keys | — |
Composed | — |
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 |
Tempo markings | — |
Metronome markings | — |
Time signatures | — |
Average duration (sec) | — |
Number of measures | — |
Composition types | Songs, Folksongs, Secular cantatas |
Language | English |
Period | Baroque |
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Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
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view | Complete | — | London: Charles Corbett | — | Volume 1 · view |
view | Complete | — | London: C. Corbett | — | Volume 2 · view Volume 2 · view |
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