Record ID
70693
Accession number
PMC 2
Creator
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Object title
Orpheus Britannicus : a collection of all the choicest songs for one, two, and three voices / compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell ; together, with such symphonies for violins or flutes, as were by him design'd for any of them: and a thorough-bass to each song ; figur'd for the organ, harpsichord, or theorbo-lute ; all which are placed in their several keys according to the order of the gamut.
Uniform title
Vocal music. Selections
Published
London : Printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford ..., 1698-1702.
Notes
Vol. 1: engraving of Purcell: p. [2], t.p.: p. [3]; letter from Fr[ances] Purcell to Lady Howard: p. [i]-[ii]; note from "The Bookseller to the Reader": p. iii; texts of various odes written on Purcell's death: p. iv-vi; "A table of the songs": p. [vii].
Vol. 2: t.p.: p. [1]; letter from Henry Playford to Charles, Lord Hallifax: p. [3]; note from "The Bookseller to the Reader": p. [4]; texts of various odes written on Purcell's death: p. i-ii; publisher's advertisement: p. [iii]; "A table of the songs" and "Advertisement": p. [iv].
Pages 171-174 of v. 2 are misnumbered 143-146.
With: Ode on the death of Henry Purcell / John Blow. London : J. Heptinstall, 1696. Bound subsequent to publication.
Blow's ode is bound in between p. vi and p. 1 of v. 1.
Includes index.
Vol. 2: t.p.: p. [1]; letter from Henry Playford to Charles, Lord Hallifax: p. [3]; note from "The Bookseller to the Reader": p. [4]; texts of various odes written on Purcell's death: p. i-ii; publisher's advertisement: p. [iii]; "A table of the songs" and "Advertisement": p. [iv].
Pages 171-174 of v. 2 are misnumbered 143-146.
With: Ode on the death of Henry Purcell / John Blow. London : J. Heptinstall, 1696. Bound subsequent to publication.
Blow's ode is bound in between p. vi and p. 1 of v. 1.
Includes index.
Associated names
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.
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