Favourite Songs and Cantatas (Arne, Thomas Augustine)

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Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.[1765].
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Work Title Favourite Songs and Cantatas
Alternative. Title A Collection consisting of favourite Songs and Cantatas, performed by Mr Tenducci, Mr Lowe, Mr Mattocks, Mrs Lampe, Miss Stevenson and Miss Brent, at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, Vaux-Hall and Ranelagh. The whole composed by Thos. Augne. Arne Mus. Doc. Book XIII
Composer Arne, Thomas Augustine
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 13
1. The Lovesick Maid ("Tender passions never ending") (Affetuoso)
2. Come let us all be blith and gay (Andante) [from "Florizel and Perdita, or The Winter Tale"]
3. To a young Lady who argu'd in defence of Platonic Love
  • Lovely reas'ner when I spy (Affetuoso)
  • Leave then to romantic fools (Tempo di Gavotta)
4. Thy charms in each bright feature (Andante) [from the farce "Trick upon Trick"]
5. O I'll have a husband Ay marry (Moderato Allegro) [from "The Provock'd Husband"]
6. The Lover's Recantation, a cantata
  • Recitative: The kind appointment Caelia made
  • Air (Allegro): To all the sex deceitful
  • Recitative (Allegro): Now Caelia, from Mama got loose
  • Air (Moderato): How engaging, how endearing is a lover's pain
7. While I the charms that round thee play (Moderato) [from "Trick upon Trick"]
8. What tho' they call me country lass (Andante) [from "The Provock'd Husband"]
9. Fear no more the heat of the sun (Largo) [The Dirge from "Cymbelline"; words by Shakespeare]
10. The Country Wedding, A Favourite Pastoral Dialogue
  • Now the happy knot is ty'd (Moderately Quick)
  • Ring the bells and fill the bowl, duetto and chorus
11. D'amor il dolce foco (To ease his heart and own his flame) [The Scotch Air in the Overture to "Thomas and Sally" made into a song]
12. Quando in quel volto [The Fav. Horn-Pipe from "The Beager's Opera" altered and adapted]
13. Attend all ye fair and I'll tell you (Amoroso)
First Publication. 1765
Librettist various, including William Shakespeare
Language English, Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation including: voice/s, flute, horns, strings, continuo