Composition: Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy (D'Urfey, Thomas)

Title Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive, set to musick
Alternative title Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy
Creators Thomas D'Urfey (composer) and Thomas D'Urfey (librettist)
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First published 1698
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Language English
Period Baroque
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view 1719 Edition (as Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive) London: W. Pearson Volume 1 · view
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view 1719-1720 Edition London: W. Pearson Volume 1 · view
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view 1876 Edition (Re-typeset of 1719-1720 edition) London: Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson 1719 Volume 1 · view
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view 1876 Edition (Re-typeset of 1719-1720 edition) London: Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson 1719 Volume 1 · view
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