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First edition
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Publisher. Info.
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Oxford: For the Author, 1765.
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General Information
Work Title
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Melting Airs
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Hayes, William
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IWH 12
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Key
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B-flat major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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First Performance.
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1763
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First Publication.
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1765
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Librettist
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John Hughes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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SSSB or TTTB voices
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Published in William Hayes's second book of 'Catches, Glees and Canons' (1765). This little work was one of the earliest simple harmonised Glees for unaccompanied voices. It won Second Prize at the Nobleman and Gentlemen's Catch Club in London in 1763.