| Work Title
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The Laurel
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| Alternative. Title
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The Laurel, a collection of English Songs composed by Mr Joseph Baildon, for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin
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| Composer
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Baildon, Joseph
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IJB 1
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 books:
- What numbers shall the Muse repeat
- If love's a sweet passion (cantata)
- Jocky and Jenny (Stern winter has left us)
- A Sigh (Gentle air thou breath of lovers)
- Ye nymphs and swains that sweetly play
- Not Celia that I juster am
- Love never more shall give me pain
- Should fate in some kind hour decree
- Believe not youth with wit or sense
- Haste, Lorenzo, hither fly (as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice)
- Gentle youth, ah! why this pressing
- On pleasure’s smooth wings
- In Cupid’s famed school
- Bid me to live and I will live
- The sun was sunk beneath the hill (cantata)
- When spring with radiant smiles appeared
- A Description (To the lily's milk white glow)
- Song in Imitation of the Scotch Manner (Oh Betsy wilt thou gang wi' me)
- I am teased so by Damon
- Cupid and Chloe (As Cupid on a summer's day)
- Tho' diamonds shine brighter
- The Complaint (Ye ever fragrant blooming flowers)
- How imperfect the joys of the soul
- Attend ye nymphs while I impart
- Hunting Song (Hark! the horn calls, away, come the grave)
- The Spinning Wheel (Young Colin fishing near the mill)
- Hark! the birds begin their lay
- Cupid's Arrow (As Chloe plied her needles' art)
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| Librettist
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Charles Sedley (Book 1, No. 6)
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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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1-2 voices, harpsichord/continuo; 1-2 voices, violin, continuo
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