Record ID
316329
Accession number
Fuld
Creator
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
Object title
Seven songs for the harpsichord or forte piano / the words and music composed by Francis Hopkinson.
Uniform title
Songs (1788)
Published
Philadelphia : publish'd & sold by T. Dobson, (I. Aitken sculp.), [1788]
Credit line
James Fuld Collection.
Provenance
James Fuld.
Notes
For voice and piano.
Printed dedication to George Washington dated Nov. 20th, 1788 precedes 1st p. of music.
Full texts of songs follow p. 11.
In library copy, the cover, the right-hand strip of the dedication and the loose "songs" (texts) at the end are reproductions.
Printed dedication to George Washington dated Nov. 20th, 1788 precedes 1st p. of music.
Full texts of songs follow p. 11.
In library copy, the cover, the right-hand strip of the dedication and the loose "songs" (texts) at the end are reproductions.
Contents
Come, fair Rosina, come away -- My love is gone to sea -- Beneath a weeping willow's shade -- Enraptur'd I gaze when my Delia is by -- See, down Maria's blushing cheek -- O'er the hills far away -- My gen'rous heart disdains -- The trav'ler benighted and lost.
Associated names
Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823, publisher.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.
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