The Contrivances (Carey, Henry)

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Performances

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For Harpsichord (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau, 2018.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

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Publisher. Info. London: J. Cox, n.d.
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Misc. Notes The Songs Duett and Dialogue in the Contrivances wth. their Symphonies & Basses as performed at ye Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden together with ye Symphony & Song Part Transposed for ye German or Common Flute and ye Duett for 2 Flutes
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Publisher. Info. London: W. Mears; J. Roberts, 1729.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Harpsichord (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau, 2018.
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General Information

Work Title The Contrivances
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Composer Carey, Henry
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
First Performance. 20 June 1729
First Publication. 1729
Librettist Henry Carey (1687-1743)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, instruments (see below, Comments)

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Grove Music lists this as an opera with dialogue, "songs pubd", which presumably means that the whole opera was never published. The instrumentation of the accompaniments to the songs is therefore unknown, but according to the practice of the day, would have included various instruments that would constitute an "orchestra" of sorts.