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CLP - Main Library	Second Floor Film & Audio--Music CD	COMPACT DISC Vo Fai 18210
Location	CLP - Main Library
Collection	Second Floor Film & Audio--Music CD
Call Number	COMPACT DISC Vo Fai 18210

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Contents

Medley overture : from Harlequin restor'd / Richard Charke (4:18)
Fairest isle, all isles excelling : from King Arthur / Henry Purcell (3:53)
The lass of Richmond Hill / James Hook (2:43)
'Twas within a furlong of Edinboro' town : from The mock marriage / Henry Purcell or Jeremiah Clarke (1:52)
When that I was a little tiny boy : from Twelfth night / Joseph Vernon (2:56)
Cease your funning : from The beggars' opera / anonymous ; arr. John Christopher Pepusch (1:22)
The ploughboy : from The farmer ; The milkmaid / William Shield (4:58)
The British grenadiers / anonymous (4:37)
Overture in G major, op. 4 no. 9 / Francesco Barsanti (7:22)
Sally in our alley / Henry Carey (3:34)
The broom of Cowdenknowes / anonymous ; arr. Johann Christian Bach (5:32)
Farewell to Lochaber / anonymous ; arr. Johann Christian Bach (4:44)
The melancholy nymph : from The what d'ye call it? / George Frideric Handel (3:19)
The miller of Dee : from Love in a village / anonymous ; arr. Thomas Arne (2:27)
Tom Bowling : from The oddities / Charles Dibdin (3:55)
Rule, Britannia : from Alfred / Thomas Arne (3:58).

Additional Information

Subjects	Songs, English -- England. Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble. Incidental music -- Excerpts. Operas -- Excerpts. Ballad operas -- Excerpts. Masques with music -- Excerpts. Overtures. Suites (String orchestra)
Publisher	London, England :Hyperion,2000
Other Titles	Cease your funning. British grenadiers. There was a jolly miller. Medley overture. King Arthur. Lass of Richmond Hill. Mock marriage. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Farmer. Farmer. Overtures, Sally in our alley. Broom of Cowdenknows. Lochaber. 'Twas when the seas were roaring. Oddities. Alfred.
Contributors	Bott, Catherine, performer. Cornwell, Joseph, performer. Holman, Peter, 1946- conductor. Charke, Richard, approximately 1709-approximately 1738. Medley overture. Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Hook, Mr. (James), 1746-1827. Lass of Richmond Hill. Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Mock marriage. Vernon, Joseph, 1737 or 1738-1782. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shield, William, 1748-1829. Farmer. Shield, William, 1748-1829. Farmer. Barsanti, Francesco, approximately 1690-1775. Overtures, Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743. Sally in our alley. Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782. Broom of Cowdenknows. Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782. Lochaber. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. 'Twas when the seas were roaring. Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. Oddities. Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778. Alfred. Psalmody (Musical group), performer. Parley of Instruments, performer.
Participants/Performers	Catherine Bott, soprano ; Joseph Cornwell, tenor ; Psalmody ; The Parley of Instruments ; Peter Holman, conductor.
Language	English
Notes	Principally songs, in part from incidental music, operas, and other larger works. Compact disc. Program notes by Peter Holman, biographical notes on the performers, and vocal texts (19 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Description	1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Other	Classic View