| Work Title
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Historical Ballads and Songs, Part 1
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| Alternative. Title
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Historical Ballads and Songs, embracing the most striking incidents in the Annals of the United Kingdom: chronologically arranged on a plan to convey instruction as well as amusement, the music partly original and partly selected from the national airs of each country, by professors of the highest eminence, Part the First; The History of England, the poetry by J. R. Planche, F.S.A. the music by Henry R. Bishop
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| Composer
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Bishop, Henry Rowley
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Part 1: 10 songs
- The Conqueror's Grave. It is the mighty Conqueror
- The Fate of Rufus. To the merry greenwood
- The Shipwreck of Prince William. The sea is glass, and mirror'd there
- Cœur de Lion's "Sirvente". Winters twain! Winters twain!
- Edward III. to the Black Prince. My son! my gallant son!
- The Duel at Coventry. The lists are set in order, and the marshals of the field
- The Battle of Azincour/Agincourt. The sleepless night in prayer hath pass'd
- The Royal Wooer. Kneel'st thou, lovely lady?
- The Union of the Roses. Trumpet, drum, and culverin
- The Armada. Down the Tagus' golden tide
- The Fate of Rufus - for 3 voices and piano
- The Union of the Roses - for 3 voices and piano
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| First Publication.
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1832
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| Librettist
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James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Viscount Normanby (1819-1890)
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano; voice, mixed chorus, piano; 3 voices, piano
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