[Various keyboard pieces and arias] - Leigh, C.; Bach, Johann Christian 1735-1782; Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759; Jozzi, Giuseppe c. 1710-c. 1784; Cocchi, Gioacchino 1715-1804; Harris, James 1709-1780 (s.l., 1765)
Tubalt Lyre by Mrs Cooke Bookham (keyboard exercise) -- 4 Arias for soprano from "The Spring", stage pasticcio, Libretto by James Harris (Salibury, 1761, as 'Daphnis and Amaryllis'; London, 1762, as 'The Spring') -- The Tuneful Bird of Night -- See Peace Descent like Cherub Bright / Cocchi -- See We Trip it as We Go / Handel -- May Love your Tender Hours Employ -- A Lesson by Sig.r Jozze -- God Save the King Variations by [Johann Christian] Bach -- Air in the Water Music / Handel -- March in the Occasional Oratorio / Handel -- The Duke of York’s March
In two hands, one childish, the other adult (master and pupil?)
James Harris, an MP who lived in the Cathedral Close and who was a friend of Handel, was central to musical life in Salisbury for many years in the mid eighteenth century. He created 'The Spring' as a pasticcio, a collection of vocal music by a variety of composers, including Handel and Pergolesi, to which he set English words to make a topical story about a man who was to be conscripted to fight the French. The work was twice performed in Salisbury in 1761 and then five times in London under the auspices of David Garrick in 1762.
Digitized by iGuana, Spring 2022
Ex libris C. Leigh, April 15th 1765 (manuscript) and Mrs. Cooke Bookham (manuscript)
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Keyboard music; Pasticcio; Theme and variations; London (United Kingdom); Salisbury (United Kingdom)