The Sprightly Companion (Anonymous)
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London: printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1695.
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General Information
| Work Title | The Sprightly Companion |
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| Alternative Title | The Sprightly Companion; Being a Collection of the best Foreign Marches Now play'd in all Camps with Two Farewells at the Funeral of the Late Queen, One of Four Parts by Mr. Peasible; The other of Three Parts, by Mr. Tollett; And several other Tunes. Design'd Chiefly for the Hautboy; Yet Proper for the Flute [recorder], Violin, and other Instruments: also Plain and Easy Directions for Playing on the Hautboy. |
| Composer | Anonymous |
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| Movements/Sections | 3 (Preface, directions, and musical compositions) |
| First Publication | 1695 |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | treble staff; two pieces in 3 and 4 parts. |
| Extra Information | "J.B." most likely John Banister (c. 1624–1679), and many of the tunes are attributed to James Paisible (c. 1656-1721). For more complete information, see the preface by Peter Hendrick to "The Sprightly Companion: Complete Facsimile Edition from the copy in the British Library." Columbus, Ohio: Early Music Facsimiles, 1987. One piece (Cybelle) attributed to Baptista Lully |
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- For 2 treble, tenor, bass instruments
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- For 4 players
- For 2 treble, bass instruments
- For 3 players
- Paisible, James/Collections
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- Banister, John/Collections
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- Lully, Jean-Baptiste/Collections
- Tollett, Thomas/Collections
