Love in a Village: a Comic Opera As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin.

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Vocal score for Love in a Village is broken into four labeled sections ('books'), each of which has a separate title page, and includes the music from the comic opera which has figured bass. Some of the music includes underlaid lyrics and the names of the persons who performed the pieces. Table of contents for the entire work is on page [1].

Physical Description

1 vocal score (62 p.) ; 24 x 33 cm.

Creation Information

Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778 & Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812 1763.

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This score is part of the collection entitled: Virtual Music Rare Book Room and was provided by the UNT Music Library to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1432 times, with 10 in the last month. More information about this score can be viewed below.

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  • I. Walsh
    Publisher Info: "London. Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand."
    Place of Publication: London, England

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  • Main Title: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin.
  • Added Title: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera. Book I.
  • Added Title: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera. Book II.
  • Added Title: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera. Book III.
  • Added Title: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera. Book IV.

Description

Vocal score for Love in a Village is broken into four labeled sections ('books'), each of which has a separate title page, and includes the music from the comic opera which has figured bass. Some of the music includes underlaid lyrics and the names of the persons who performed the pieces. Table of contents for the entire work is on page [1].

Physical Description

1 vocal score (62 p.) ; 24 x 33 cm.

Notes

Full title as it appears on the (first) title page: Love in a Village: a Comic Opera As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. The Musick by Handel, Boyce, Arne, Howard, Baildon, Festing, Geminiani, Galuppi, Giardini, Paradies, Agus, Abos. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin. Book I.

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According to Grove Music Online, the opera is the story of a heroine (Rosetta) who runs away from an unhappy marriage.

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Virtual Music Rare Book Room

The Virtual Music Rare Book Room is composed primarily of digitized materials held in the UNT Music Library's Edna Mae Sandborn Music Rare Book Room. The collection is particularly strong in eighteenth-century French opera, due in large part to the influence of musicologist Lloyd Hibberd on the development of the collection.

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  • 1763

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • July 7, 2010, 10:17 a.m.

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  • April 2, 2018, 4:15 p.m.

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Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778 & Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. Love in a Village: a Comic Opera As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin., score, 1763; London, England. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc25957/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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