| Work Title
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Begin the song! your instruments, advance!
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| Alternative. Title
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A Second Musical Entertainment perform'd on St. Cecilia's day. November XXII. 1684. ... Set to Music in two, three, four, and five Parts, by Dr. John Blow ... For an Anniversary of Musick kept upon St. Cecilia's day.
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| Composer
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Blow, John
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IJB 9
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| First Performance.
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1684/11/22
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| First Publication.
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1685
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| Librettist
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John Oldham (1653-1683)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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the Stewards (William Bridgman, Nicholas Staggins, Gilbert Dolben and Francis Forcer) and Gentlemen of the Musical Society
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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| Piece Style
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Baroque
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| Instrumentation
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voices, chorus, strings, continuo
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