Composition: 2 Cantatas and 6 Songs (Gunn, Barnabas)
| Title | 2 Cantatas and 6 Songs |
| Creators | Barnabas Gunn (composer) and William Congreve (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voice, violin and continuo voice, flute and continuo voice and continuo |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1736 |
| Dedication | all lovers of musick |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Secular cantatas, Songs |
| Language | English |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantata I: Grant me, gentle love, said I | — | — | — |
| Cantata II: A swain, whose am'rous fickle mind | — | — | — |
| Fair Melanias so compleat | — | — | — |
| False tho' she be to me and love | — | — | — |
| When Chloe was by Damon seen | — | — | — |
| The first Stanza of Sappho's Hymn to Venus - O Venus, beauty of the skies | — | — | — |
| If wine and musick have the pow'r | — | — | — |
| Whilst I am scorch'd with hot desire | — | — | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Gloucester: R. Raikes | 1736 | Complete Score · view 1. Grant Me Gentle Love · view |
Recordings/Performances
(No recordings)
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