| Work Title
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A Collection of Songs, Glees, Elegies and Canons
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| Alternative. Title
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A Favorite Collection of Songs, Glees, Elegies & Canons, for one, two, three, four, and five Voices, composed by Mr. Harrington, of Bath
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| Composer
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Harington, Henry
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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25 pieces:
- O Thou Whose Notes
- Hark, hark! Ding, ding!
- Three Old Women in a Country Church Yard (Look neighbors look!)
- Gentle airs, sweet joys impart (solo voice)
- Gentle airs, sweet joys impart (3 voices)
- A Requiem (I heard a voice from Heav'n)
- Retirement (Beneath the silent rural cell)
- An Elegy on Kitty Fisher (Alas what boast hath blooming youth)
- A Favorite Glee (What shall we sing now here are three)
- Ode to the Memory of Italian Virtuosi (Ah Palestrina, Vento, Faustina)
- The Latin Prayer (O Domine Deus speravi in Te)
- The Egyptian Love Song (Sweet doth blush the rosy morning)
- Damon and Clora (Turn fair Clora/Go false Damon)
- Gentle sighs my soul discover
- How Sweet in the Woodlands
- A Roundelay (Under the greenwood tree)
- The Assignation (Come, where shall we walk ma'am)
- I cannot sing this catch
- A Yawning Catch (Tis humdrum, tis mum mum)
- Give Me the Sweet Delights of Love
- O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
- When scenes of woe my soul oppress
- Ah veda che perdo O Dio
- Love and Music (How great is the pleasure)
- An Elegy (Weep, weep gentle shepherds)
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| Language
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English, Latin, Italian
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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| Piece Style
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Classical
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| Instrumentation
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2-5 voices; voice, keyboard; 3 voices, continuo; 2 voices, keyboard
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| Extra Information
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Final piece, the elegy "Weep, weep gentle shepherds" is a joint composition by Harington and John Broderip (organist of Wells)
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