Composition: 18 Canzonets (Travers, John)

Title 18 Canzonets
Alternative title Eighteen Canzonets for Two, and three Voices; (The Words chiefly by Matthew Prior, Esq.) Set to Musick by John Travers, Organist of his Majesty's Chapel Royal and of St. Paul Covent Garden
Creators John Travers (composer) and Matthew Prior (librettist)
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Instrumentation soprano, tenor and continuo
alto, tenor and continuo
alto, bass and continuo
continuo and 2 sopranos
soprano, bass and continuo
alto, tenor, bass and continuo
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First published 1746
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Composition types Canzonets
Language English
Period Baroque
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view Complete Simpson Complete Score · view
view No.17. Fair and Ugly Complete Score · view

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