The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes.
dc.contributor | Text Creation Partnership, |
dc.contributor.author | Playford, Henry, b. 1657. |
dc.coverage.placeName | London |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-09T18:49:40Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-09T18:49:40Z |
dc.date.created | 1685 |
dc.date.issued | 2008-09 |
dc.identifier | ota:A54969 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A54969 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/A54969 |
dc.description.abstract | For 1 voice. Each book has separate illustrated t.p. Dedication to book I signed: R.C. [R. Carr] and H.P. [Henry Playford]; dedication to book IV signed: Henry Playford. First ed. Cf. New Grove. Book III dated 1686; book IV has imprint: London : Printed by B. Motte for Henry Playford, 1687. "Licensed, October 23, 1686. Rob. Midgley"--P. [2], book IV. Reproduction of original in Library of Congress. Includes indexes. |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.relation.ispartof | EEBO-TCP (Phase 1) |
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dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Songs, English -- England. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Songs with continuo. |
dc.title | The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes. |
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identifier.stc | Wing P2441 |
identifier.stc | ESTC R231602 |
otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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