Songs, Duetts, and Other Compositions (Harington, Henry)

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Publisher. Info. London: the author, 1800.
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Misc. Notes Dedication (by the composer's daughter Susanna Isabella Thomas) dated March 20th 1800
Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1525/6
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Work Title Songs, Duetts, and Other Compositions
Alternative. Title
Composer Harington, Henry
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 31 pieces:
  1. Glee (Go gentle soul) - SATB, continuo (unfigured)
  2. The Night Scene in Romeo and Juliet - A Round (And wilt thou begone sweet love?) - 3 equal voices
  3. Song (How to gentle love inviting!) - based on Handel's "Harmonious Blacksmith" - voice, violin, keyboard
  4. Terzetto (My father had a daughter) - 3 voices, keyboard
  5. Duet - The Rose (How sweet at eve the freshen'd rose) - 2 voices (trebles or tenors), piano ad lib. (unfigured continuo)
  6. An Air from Handel's Lessons (The rose's life is one short day) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  7. A Round (Poor Absalom is dead) - 3 equal voices
  8. Dirge (When Zion's sons did mourn) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  9. Hymn (Go to the ant, go thou sluggard) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  10. Canon - Merry Peg (I gave her pig and I gave her pie) - 2 or 3 equal voices
  11. The Spinsters Plaintive Chant for the Fancy'd Dangers of Her Lover at Sea (As in a lonely cot and blust'ring night) - 2 voices, continuo (unfigured)
  12. Queen Mab's March (See o'er the brow the moon doth peep) - 3 voices, continuo (unfigured)
  13. The Babe's Song (On parents' knee poor helpless newborn child) - voice, keyboard
  14. Hymn to Sleep (Sweet sleep whilst hush'd in peace I lie) - voice, keyboard
  15. Elegy (Farewell dear shade, a short farewell) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  16. Glee (When first sweet love my heart possest) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  17. Placido Zephiretto (O shouldst thou gentle Zephyr ere approach) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  18. Song (How blest sweet moon!) - voice, keyboard
  19. Glee (Ask'st thou how long my love may stay) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB), keyboard
  20. L'amour timide (If in that breast so good so pure) - voice, keyboard
  21. Rondo (March to Queen Mab) - The Royal Visit (Welcome ye sons of royal race) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  22. Serenade (On thy pillow of peace dearest Delia go rest) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB), keyboard
  23. Duetto (Why didst thou vow) - 2 voices, keyboard
  24. Ianthe (Ianthe the lovely, the joy of her swain) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  25. A Canon (Ah what are love's delights) - 2 equal voices
  26. An Humble Apology for Prince Bladud's Keeping Pigs at Bath (To Bath's fair market Bladud brought) - voice, keyboard
  27. Glee composed for the Bath Harmonic Society (Success to our innocent social delight) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
  28. A Requiem on a Sleeping Infant (Whilst o'er her beauteous sleeping child) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB), keyboard
  29. Amoretto, accompanied with the Celestino (Sleep O sleep my hapless lyre) - voice, bowed keyboard (celestina)
  30. Ode to Contentment (Meek spirit of content, to thee I bow) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB), keyboard
  31. A Trio (How blithsome were we wont to rove) - 3 voices (SSB or TTB)
First Publication. 1800
Librettist includes
Luís de Camões (d. 1580), translated to English
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Proverbs, Chapter 6.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850)
Language English
Dedication Lady Pigot
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation various, see above