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Brotherton Collection6
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Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)2
Johnson, John (1762-)1
Johnson, John1
Moliere1
Moliere (1622-1673)1
Seedo (1700-1754)1
Seedo1
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)1
Cibber, Colley1
Bates, William (1780-)1

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The airs in the jovial crew or Merry beggars : as perform'd at the Theatre in Covent Garden

Bates, William (fl. 1750-1780); Brome, Richard (1652); Johnson, John (fl.1762)

[1760]

In full score, although many of the airs are for melody and bass only. A revised version of the ballad opera first produced in 1731, with additional music and revisions by W. Bates. Original libre...

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The mock doctor

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); Seedo (1700-1754); Molière (1622-1673)

[1779]

Caption title. Imprint from Cameron. In two columns. Henry Fielding's translation and adaptation of Molière's Médecin malgré lui. Without the music (by Seedo and others). Head- and tail-p...

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Don Quixote in England : an opera as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

1777

Text by Fielding; musical arranger unknown. Two columns to a page.

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The honest Yorkshireman : a ballad farce

Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)

[1777]

Drop-head title. Two columns to a page.

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The lover's opera

Chetwood, W R (1766)

1729

Last leaf [D4] is blank. First edition. Libretto only.

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The Humours of the court, or, Modern gallantry : a new ballad opera

1732

First edition. Libretto only. "As it was intended to have been perform'd at one of the theatres."

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Damon and Phillida : a ballad opera

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

[1777]

Dropped-head title. Two columns to a page.

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