Composition: Begin the song! your instruments, advance! (Blow, John)
| Title | Begin the song! your instruments, advance! |
| Alternative title | A Second Musical Entertainment perform'd on St. Cecilia's day. November XXII. 1684. ... Set to Music in two, three, four, and five Parts, by Dr. John Blow ... For an Anniversary of Musick kept upon St. Cecilia's day. |
| Creators | John Blow (composer) and John Oldham (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus, strings and continuo |
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| First published | 1685 |
| Dedication | the Stewards |
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| Composition types | Odes |
| Language | English |
| Period | Baroque |
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| view | Complete | — | John Playford | — | Complete Score · view |
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