The Songs of England Volume II Royal Edition

Published by Boosey & Company c. 1890, London & New York, 1890

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Octavo, [25cm/10inches], full fancy gilt/ebony-embossed Canterbury-red cloth sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. 236, indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Hatton was responsible for re-editing the first two volumes of Songs of England, an influential published collection which helped to establish a canon of English song with accompaniments, and cumulatively ran to three volumes under the later editorship of Eaton Faning.[37] Hatton remarked, 'I have culled the choicest of the old ditties. The names of Purcell, Arne, Shield, Dibdin, Horn and Bishop are household words, and no English collection would be complete which did not contain the best songs of these composers. New symphonies and accompaniments have been written to more than fifty of the old songs. His selection also drew substantially on Chappell's Popular Music of Olden Time, in which many of the accompaniments were rewritten by George Alexander Macfarren, and contrasted with Hullah's Song Book of 1866, in which only the unaccompanied melodies were given. Among the sources for Songs of England was The Beggar's Opera of John Gay and Dr Pepusch. In exceptionally good condition Hinges sound.…

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Title
The Songs of England Volume II Royal Edition
Author
Hatten, J. (John) L. (Liptrot), et al
Publisher
Boosey & Company c. 1890, London & New York
Publication year
1890
Dust jacket
No dust jacket
Binding
Cardboard Covers
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