Tell me, thou Soul of her I love ; A Ballad. The words from Thomson's Odes. SIGNED

London: L. Lavenu, for the Author. 1798. First edition. For voice and piano. 5 p., 31 cm. Signed "W Dance" in ink by the composer at the foot of the title page. Disbound from a larger volume, rough spine and first page archivally repaired and stitched into a new archival binding.


A student of Aylward and Giardini, Dance was violinist in the orchestra at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane from 1771 to 1774, in the King's Theatre orchestra 1775–1793, lead violinist at the Haymarket Theatre during the summer seasons (1784–90) and at the Handel commemoration in Westminster Abbey in 1790. Though not regarded as a soloist on the violin, William Thomas Parke praised his "great taste and execution" on the piano. (8485)

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