An Occasional Ballad by way of Preface (Gunn, Barnabas)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
First Publication 1750
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, flute, continuo; For voices with solo instruments; [4 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the flute; Scores with basso continuo; English language
Related Works William Hayes, The Art of Composing Music by a Method Entirely New

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Publisher. Info. 12 English Songs Serious and Humourous
London: John Johnson, n.d.(1750).
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Work Title The Spruzzarino Song
Alternative. Title
Composer Gunn, Barnabas
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IBG 1
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Text Incipit Once more, my good friends, I will give you a song
First Publication. 1750
Librettist Barnabas Gunn
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voice, flute, continuo
Related Works William Hayes, The Art of Composing Music by a Method Entirely New

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From the book, 12 English Songs Serious and Humourous With the Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord set to Musick by the New-invented Method of Composing with the Spruzzarino.
This song was apparently written as a response to the attack made on Gunn by William Hayes (anonymously) in The Art of Composing Music by a Method Entirely New).

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