The Catch Club or Merry Companions (Walsh, John)

Title The Catch Club or Merry Companions, being a Choice Collection of the most Diverting Catches for Three and Four Voices. Compos’d by the late Mr. Henry Purcell, Dr. Blow, etc. [1st Part and 2nd Part.]
Creators John Walsh, composer
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Instrumentation 3 voices
3 voices and continuo
4 voices
8 voices
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First published 1700
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Composition types Catches
Language English
Period Baroque
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Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — John Walsh — Complete Score (Parts 1 & 2 scanned as one volume)
View Complete selections John Walsh — Complete Score (67 Catches)
View Complete selections John Walsh — Complete Score (112 Catches)
View Complete selections — — Eccles: My Man John
Engraving files (Finale)
View Complete selections — — Purcell: Prithee Ben't so Sad and Serious

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View Synthesized My Man John


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