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Notated Music Select musicall ayres and dialogues in three books : First book, containes Ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl : Second book, containes Choice Dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl : Third book, containes Short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces

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Title

  • Select musicall ayres and dialogues in three books : First book, containes Ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl : Second book, containes Choice Dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl : Third book, containes Short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces

Names

  • Playford, John, 1623-1686? publisher
  • Wilson, John, 1595-1674, composer

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by T. H[arper] for J. Playford, and are to be sold at his shop, in the Inner Temple neare the Church doore, 1653.

Contents

  • Select ayres to sing to the theorbo or basse violl -- The second booke, containing pastorall dialogues for two voyces to sing to an Instrument -- The third booke, containing short ayres or aongs for three voyces, which may be sung either by a voyce alone, or by two or three voyces.

Headings

  • -  Ayres
  • -  Part songs, English
  • -  Songs with lute
  • -  Vocal duets with lute

Notes

  • -  For 1-3 voices with theorbo or viola da gamba.
  • -  LC copy: 3 volume in one.
  • -  Partly in table book format.
  • -  The pagination of book 2-3 is continuous.
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), 993121829 h ttps://opac.rism.info/search?id=993121829&view=rism
  • -  RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), B/I, 1653/7
  • -  English words and also printed as text.

Medium

  • 1 score (36, 16, 17-33 pages) ; 29 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1490.P6 S44
  • M1490 .W75

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019565735

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Chicago citation style:

Playford, John, ? Publisher. Select musicall ayres and dialogues in three books: First book, containes Ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl: Second book, containes Choice Dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl: Third book, containes Short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces. composeds by Wilson, John [London: Printed by T. Harper for J. Playford, and are to be sold at his shop, in the Inner Temple neare the Church doore, 1653] Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019565735/.

APA citation style:

Playford, J. (1653) Select musicall ayres and dialogues in three books: First book, containes Ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl: Second book, containes Choice Dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl: Third book, containes Short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces. Wilson, J., comp [London: Printed by T. Harper for J. Playford, and are to be sold at his shop, in the Inner Temple neare the Church doore] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019565735/.

MLA citation style:

Playford, John, ? Publisher. Select musicall ayres and dialogues in three books: First book, containes Ayres for a voyce alone to the theorbo or basse violl: Second book, containes Choice Dialogues for two voyces to the theorbo or basse violl: Third book, containes Short ayres or songs for three voyces, so composed, as they may either be sung by a voyce alone, to an instrument, or by two or three voyces. comp by Wilson, John [London: Printed by T. Harper for J. Playford, and are to be sold at his shop, in the Inner Temple neare the Church doore, 1653] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019565735/>.