Composition: A Collection of Songs (Turner, Elizabeth)

Title A Collection of Songs with Symphonies and a Thorough Bass
Creators Elizabeth Turner (composer) and see above (librettist)
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Instrumentation voice and harpsichord
voice, flute and continuo
voice, 2 violins and continuo
voice, 2 flutes and continuo
voice, 2 flutes, 2 violins and continuo
Number of movements 19
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First published 1756
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Composition types Songs
Language English
Period Baroque
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How gay that air, yet how serene. - Voice, harpsichord, optional flute — — —
Say curious painter can thy art angelic beauty give? - Voice, harpsichord, optional flute. Words by — — —
Not, Chloris, that I juster am - Voice, harpsichord, optional flute — — —
Drink to me only with thine eyes - Voice, harpsichord, optional flute. Words by — — —
Forgive, thou fairest of thy kind - Voice, harpsichord, optional flute. Words by — — —
Phillis, with her enchanting voice - voice harpsichord. Words by a lady. — — —
In pity, Sophy, to my pain - voice, harpsichord. Words by a gentleman. — — —
Since my Chloe you ask me what life I would choose - voice, harpsichord. Words by Jos. Thurston. — — —
On a Lady Weeping. See, whilst thou weep'st dear Myra, see - voice, harpsichord. Words by — — —
Bless'd be those sweetly shining eyes - voice, harpsichord. — — —
Thyrsis belove'd of all the plain - voice, harpsichord, optional flute. Words by a lady. — — —
When first my Phillis did appear - voice, 2 flutes/violins, harpsichord. Words by a gentleman. — — —
My days have been so wond'rous free - voice, harpsichord. Words by — — —
A man that's neither high no low in party or in stature - voice, 2 flutes, 2 violins, continuo. Words by a lady. — — —
Hard is the fate of him who loves - voice, 2 flutes/violins, continuo. Words by — — —
At Windsor, where Thames glides so smoothly along - voice, 2 flutes/violins, continuo. Words by a gentleman. — — —
Tell me, thou soul of her I love - voice, 2 flutes/violins, continuo. Words by — — —
To the Rose. Come, lyrist, tune thy harp and play - voice, 2 flutes/violins, continuo. Words by a gentleman. — — —
The mind of bright Sukey's a jewel - voice, 2 flutes/violins, continuo. — — —

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