Title

The Musical Entertainer

Authors

George Bickham

Files

Description

Originally issued by Bickham in 1736-9 in parts, each containing 4 folio plates. Later issued by him in 2 v. of 100 plates each, with a separate t.p. for each volume. This later edition issued by Corbett has the same 2 v. format

Among the composers named are Handel, Purcell, Corelli, Turner, Green, Leveridge, Boyce, Gunn, Vanbrugh, Monro, Carey, and Lampe

Principally for high voice and figured bass. Part for flute printed at the end of most of the songs

Publication Date

1740

Publisher

Charles Corbett

City

London

Keywords

Songs, English, Songs with continuo, Flute and continuo music, Engraving, English

Disciplines

Music

Comments

Drs. James L. and Margaret Whitby donation

View ONLINE at the Internet Archive.

Avid local chamber musicians, the Drs. Whitby have amassed a significant collection of antiquarian chamber music, which they have generously donated to the Music Library, Western Libraries. The Collection includes early editions of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven alongside works of their contemporaries, namely: Boccherini, Cambini, Gyrowetz, Peter Hänsel, Krommer, Onslow, Pleyel, Romberg, and Spohr.

See digitized scores from the Whitby Collection here.

Recommended Citation

Bickham, George, "The Musical Entertainer" (1740). The Drs. Whitby Music Collection. 5.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/whitby/5