Record ID:
247549
Accession number:
PMC 1730
Title:
The song and duet sung by Sigr. Delpini, Miss Field, & Miss Abrams : in the entertainment of The critic as perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Published:
London : Printed for S. A. & P. Thompson, no. 75, St. Paul's Church Yard, [ca. 1780]
Notes:
English, French and Italian words.
The critic was written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Music adapted for harpsichord with flute, and for guitar accompaniment.
On the final two pages the songs are printed again, with guitar accompaniment, the first one with different words.
The music is by Tommaso Giordani. Cf. The New Grove.
Engraved.
The play was first performed 30 October 1779 at Drury Lane; all three singers mentioned in these editions were in the cast. The play was first published in 1781.
Associated names:
Giordani, Tommaso, 1733 (ca.)-1806.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Critic.
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