Ianthe (James Oswald)

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• (Posted 2023-10-04)  CPDL #76039: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-10-04).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 278 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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General Information

Title: Ianthe
Composer: James Oswald
Lyricist: John Glanvill^{create page}
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo, violin

First published:
Description: Published in Oswald's "Collection of the best old Scotch and English songs...dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales by James Oswald, Chamber Composer to his Majesty". This is Oswald's arrangement of a (by then) hoary English minor classic. John Barret wrote the tune to a lyric by John Glanvill, c.1705. It appeared in "Pills to purge melancholy", Playford's "Dancing master" and "The Beggar's Opera" ("When he holds up his hand").

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ianthe.