Work Title
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12 English Ballads, 2nd Set
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Alternative. Title
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A Second Set of Twelve Ballads, the music by Sigr. Giuseppe Haydn of Vienna, adapted to English Words, with an accompaniment for the harpsichord or piano forte
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Composer
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Haydn, Joseph
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Hob.XXVIa:A3
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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12 songs
- I told my soft wishes - arranged from String Quartet, Hob.III:41/4
- No time, no change - from String Quartet, Hob.III:7/2
- Again the balmy Zephyr blows - from Symphony, Hob.I:76/4
- Werter's Sonnet - Make there my tomb - from String Quartet, Hob.III:23/1
- Come gentle Eve - from String Quartet, Hob.III:40/4
- Go drooping flow'r - from Symphony, Hob.I:77/2
- Ev'ning now with purple wings - from Symphony, Hob.I:73/2
- I sit by the mossy fount - from Symphony, Hob.I:76/2
- The celebrated La Chasse - The sweet rosy morning - from Symphony, Hob.I:73/4
- Forlorn I plough the stormy wave - from String Quartet, Hob.III:B1/4
- O ye in youth and beauty's pride - from Symphony, Hob.I:77/4
- Together let's stray thro' the grove (Duet) - from Symphony, Hob.I:74/4
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First Publication.
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1786
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Librettist
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see below
- 1. John Cunningham (1729–1773)
2. Matthew Prior (1664–1721) 3, 12. William Shenstone (1714–1763) 4. Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806) 5. Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) 6, 9. Unidentified 7. Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) 8. Ossian (James Macpherson (1736–1796)) 10. Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) 11. Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
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Language
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English
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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Piece Style
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Classical
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Instrumentation
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voice, harpsichord/piano (No.12 for 2 voices, harpsichord/piano)
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Extra Information
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These are arrangements from Haydn's instrumental works.
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