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The disappointment, or, The force of credulity : (1767) / Andrew Barton ; edited by Jerald C. Graue and Judith Layng ; musical accompaniments and an original overture by Samuel Adler.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Series:
- Recent researches in American music ; v. 3-4.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in American music ; v. 3-4
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- Disappointment.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Ballad operas -- Scores.
- Ballad operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
- Ballad operas.
- Scores.
- Vocal scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xvi, 169 pages) + 1 vocal score (58 pages)) : facsimiles.
- Other Title:
- Force of credulity
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2021.
- Summary:
- "This is the first integral edition of the earliest known American opera. Barton's ballad opera is a vivacious satirical comedy set in pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia. An overture and musical accompaniments scored for chamber orchestra together with the complete original text of the play and a detailed background essay provide a comprehensive picture of this landmark in American cultural history. Musical accompaniments and an original overture by Samuel Adler." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Musical selections: [Overture]
- [Opening Song]
- I am a brisk young lively lass
- The Bloom of May
- How blest has my time been
- Yankee Doodle
- Shambuy
- The bonny Broom
- My fond Shepherds, &c.Over the hills and far away
- Chiling O Guirey
- The Jolly Toper
- Nancy Dawson
- The lass of Patie's mill
- Black-joke and band so white
- Granby
- Kitty, the Nonpareile
- The Milking Pail
- Ah! [woe] is me, poor Walley cry'd
- Jolly Bacchanalian
- Country Dance : Excuse Me
- Epilogue. Down derry derry down ; Tol de rol de Tol
- [Incidental Music]. Storm Music ; Romanza : The Race Horse ; Intermezzo : Then Say My Sweet Girl, Can You Love Me? ; Gigue : Romping Rosy Nell.
- Notes:
- Ballad opera ; libretto by A. Barton.
- Appendix (pages [141]-169): Incidental music.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 21, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781987207514
- 1987207513
- OCLC:
- 1286480681
- Publisher Number:
- A003-4 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
- A003KV A-R Editions, Inc. (keyboard-vocal score)
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