{"product_id":"17016-english-music-dibdin-charles-shield-william-braham-john-kelly-michael-early-19th-century-bound-volume-of-collected-english-songs","title":"[English Music] Dibdin, Charles. (1745–1814) \u0026 Shield, William. (1748–1829) \u0026 Braham, John. (1774–1856) \u0026 Kelly, Michael.  (1762-1826) Early 19th-Century Bound Volume of Collected English Songs","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eBound collection of sheet music, London, ca. early 1800's. Folio, engraved throughout, containing approximately twenty pieces of printed music and one manuscript piece. Musical and historical highlights include the song \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eTrue Courage \u003c\/i\u003eby Charles Dibdin (the composer of more than 600 songs, many for the theater, and many sea songs), from the entertainment \"A Tour to the Land's End\"; a song from composer William Shield's 1781 opera \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRosina; \u003c\/i\u003etwo songs performed by the celebrated tenor John Braham (one of which is also composed by him); a song composed and published by important Irish tenor and composer Michael Kelly, and a setting of Lord Byron's poem \"Fare Thee Well\" (written to his wife, Annabella Milbanke) by organist and composer John Whitaker. Also interesting is the song \"Could a man be secure,\" which is billed as having been sung at the \"Jene scai quoi club\"—a convivial society founded in the 1790's by the Prince of Wales, and which boasted the best entertainment of the London theaters at its (sometimes scandalous) private dinners. Publishers of these editions include Clementi, J. Dalen, Preston, and Goulding, with several of the editions also sold in Dublin and one published in Liverpool by Hime \u0026amp; Son.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eEx libris Ann Maria Dickinson with her name to the front wrapper and inscriptions on the pieces. Limp paper binding with spine and corners in marbled paper re-used from a book. Toning, some water damage and heavy wear to the wrappers; internally fine and overall very good. 13.75 x 10 inches (24 x 34.5 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSongs in order: \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Favorite Castanet Song as Sung by Miss De Camp\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eWhilst with Village Maids I Stray\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eTrue Courage\u003c\/i\u003e by Dibdin; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOn this Old Flinty Rock I Will Lay my Head, Sung by Mr. Braham\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eA Rose Tree Full in Bearing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eFaithless Emma\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eForget Me Not\u003c\/i\u003e by Mr. Braham; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCould a Man be Secure\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Wife's Farewell, or No, My Love, No \u003c\/i\u003eby Michael Kelly; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Mid-Watch\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLove's a Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eWhy Stays my Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Mischievous Bee\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCome Tell Me Says Rosa\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Minstrel's Harp\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Voice of her I Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Celebrated Poem, Fare Thee Well\u003c\/i\u003e by Lord Byron; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Cypress Wreath\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Favorite Song Sung by Mrs. Bland in the Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Beggar Boy\u003c\/i\u003e; [and] \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Mermaid's Song\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe present volume gives a glimpse at two of the most important singers of the day. An\u003c\/span\u003e important Irish tenor, composer, theatre manager and music publisher, Michael Kelly worked with many important contemporaries, but is most remembered for his close association with Mozart, who wrote the roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio for him. He, however, considered his colleague John Braham to be \"decidedly, the greatest vocalist of his day.\" Both tenors studied with the male soprano Venanzio Rauzzini, and Braham starred in Italian operas in London around the turn of the nineteenth century, and became the first English male singer to command a European reputation.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093636665503,"sku":"17016","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/English_Sammelband_17016_4.jpg?v=1722189350","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/17016-english-music-dibdin-charles-shield-william-braham-john-kelly-michael-early-19th-century-bound-volume-of-collected-english-songs","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}