a| eng

a| 3v fl vn bc

a| Purcell, Henry d| 1659-1695 4| cmp 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9695 9| 5840

a| Orpheus Britannicus

a| 2nd ed. (vol. 1)

a| 1st ed. (vol. 2)

a| London b| Playford c| 1706 c| 1702

a| 2 volumes in 1 (vi-[ii]-268 + [ii]-ii-[ii]-176 pages) b| Title pages in red and black ink; inserted engraved portrait; inserted index

a| Inserted engraved portrait of Purcell by R. White based on the portrait painted by John Closterman (1660-1711). This engraving seems to be from a later edition, pasted on the frontispiece page.

a| The second edtion of the first book contains 34 songs that are not included in the first edition

a| Book one at p. 148 has a manuscript note "To be sung by a Countertenor" next to the Song 'The Fife'

a| front matter contains inserted manuscript index of book 1

a| 'Orpheus Britannicus' is a collection of songs by Henry Purcell, published posthumously in London in two volumes, the first in 1698 and the second in 1702.

a| Vol. 1 was originally published in 1698

a| Ex librs S. H. Sutherland (manuscript)

a| Ex libris James Th. Law, Lichfield 1850 (manuscript)James Thomas Law (1790–1876) was an English cleric, the chancellor of the diocese of Lichfield from 1821.

a| Ex libris R. R. Henshaw(?), Bath, 1944

a| a Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices … Together with such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes,..., and a Through-Bass to Each Song; figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or THeorbo-Lute.… [vol.1] The Second Edition with Large Additions; and placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut - [vol.2] The Second book, which renders the First Compleat.

a| 17th Century (1601-1700) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7016 9| 20923

a| Song 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7366 9| 4164

a| Instrumental music 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q639197 9| 2106

a| London (United Kingdom) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q84 9| 123

u| https://imslp.org/wiki/Orpheus_Britannicus_(Purcell%2C_Henry) 3| International Music Score Library Project

c| SCO

a| partituur

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.31 05J11

d| 1162