Amphion Anglicus. A Work of Many Compositions, For One, Two, Three and Four Voices: With several Accompagnements of Instrumental Musick; And A Thorow-Bass to each Song: Figur'd for an Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorboe-Lute. [Score]
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- London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Author; and to be Sold at his House in the Broad-Sanctuary, over-against Westminster-Abby, a, 1700
London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Author; and to be Sold at his House in the Broad-Sanctuary, over-against Westminster-Abby, and by Henry Playford, at his Shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-Street, 1700. Small folio. Contemporary full dark brown paneled calf with raised bands on spine. 1f. (frontispiece drawn and engraved by R. White),1f. (title printed in red and black), 3ff. (dedication), vi (letters of praise to Blow from London musicians, etc.), vii-viii ("A Pindarick Ode, On Dr. Blow's Excellency in the Art of Music. By Mr. Herbert"), 1f. (recto Playford catalogue, verso "A Table of the Songs Contain'd in this Book"), 216 pp. Typeset throughout.
With music publisher John Walsh's label laid down to front pastedown with"Lionel Tolmach" in contemporary manuscript (possibly Lord Huntingtower, 3rd Earl of Dysart 1649-1727). Tracing of Blow's head to blank verso of frontispiece in contemporary brown ink.
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; rebacked; small label to upper outer corner of front pastedown; minor stains to fore-edge. Occasional minor wear, foxing, soiling, and small stains, mainly to blank margins; second half of volume slightly browned. Frontispiece from another copy laid in, with soiling and foxing, mainly to blank margins; small tear to lower margin; partial tracing of image to verso. First Edition. Day & Murrie 183. BUC p. 114. RISM B2985.
Blow was a noted English composer, organist, and teacher. "By his mid-20s he had become the foremost musician in England, and in later years he was the elder statesman of the Restoration school, whose chief luminary was Henry Purcell." Bruce Wood in Grove Music Online
Inspired by Henry Purcell's Orpheus Britannicus, Blow published this "imposing collection of his songs and vocal chamber music" by subscription. In it he "shows a marked disposition towards ostinato-like basses. But the range of his vocal music ... is too varied to permit a neat summary." TNG Vol. 2, pp. 806-808.
With music publisher John Walsh's label laid down to front pastedown with"Lionel Tolmach" in contemporary manuscript (possibly Lord Huntingtower, 3rd Earl of Dysart 1649-1727). Tracing of Blow's head to blank verso of frontispiece in contemporary brown ink.
Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; rebacked; small label to upper outer corner of front pastedown; minor stains to fore-edge. Occasional minor wear, foxing, soiling, and small stains, mainly to blank margins; second half of volume slightly browned. Frontispiece from another copy laid in, with soiling and foxing, mainly to blank margins; small tear to lower margin; partial tracing of image to verso. First Edition. Day & Murrie 183. BUC p. 114. RISM B2985.
Blow was a noted English composer, organist, and teacher. "By his mid-20s he had become the foremost musician in England, and in later years he was the elder statesman of the Restoration school, whose chief luminary was Henry Purcell." Bruce Wood in Grove Music Online
Inspired by Henry Purcell's Orpheus Britannicus, Blow published this "imposing collection of his songs and vocal chamber music" by subscription. In it he "shows a marked disposition towards ostinato-like basses. But the range of his vocal music ... is too varied to permit a neat summary." TNG Vol. 2, pp. 806-808.