Overture (Medley of Popular Airs)
Harlequin Restored, or the Country Revels
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Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735).
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Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735)
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Schrank II coll.
This is a medley overture, written in the vein of John Christopher Pepusch's overture to Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728). It features snippets of popular tunes, notably: Lilliburlero, A Soldier and a Sailor, The Black Joke, Boys and Girls Come Out to Play, and George Frideric Handel's March in Scipio.
This is a medley overture, written in the vein of John Christopher Pepusch's overture to Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728). It features snippets of popular tunes, notably: Lilliburlero, A Soldier and a Sailor, The Black Joke, Boys and Girls Come Out to Play, and George Frideric Handel's March in Scipio.
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Harlequin Restored, or the Country Revels
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Overture (Medley of Popular Airs)
Overture (Medley of Popular Airs)
Overture (Medley of Popular Airs)
Overture (Medley of Popular Airs)
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735).
Publisher
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1735)
Misc. Notes
Schrank II coll.
This is a medley overture, written in the vein of John Christopher Pepusch's overture to Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728). It features snippets of popular tunes, notably: Lilliburlero, A Soldier and a Sailor, The Black Joke, Boys and Girls Come Out to Play, and George Frideric Handel's March in Scipio.
This is a medley overture, written in the vein of John Christopher Pepusch's overture to Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728). It features snippets of popular tunes, notably: Lilliburlero, A Soldier and a Sailor, The Black Joke, Boys and Girls Come Out to Play, and George Frideric Handel's March in Scipio.
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