Boyce, William – Lyra Britannica. 6 books, [1747 – 59]

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Boyce, William: Lyra Britannica (1747–59)
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LF3
Categories
Collected Editions
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Group F: Music of the Pleasure Gardens
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Music for London Entertainment
By
William Boyce
Facsimile: Songs, duets and cantatas. Printed score, Walsh.
Introduction by Robert Bruce
William Boyce used
Lyra Britannica
as a repository for his small-scale secular vocal works and within each of the six books gathered material that was almost certainly recently composed, none previously published elsewhere. Though the title pages do not say so explicitly, it may be presumed that most and perhaps all of Boyce’s works in
Lyra Britannica
were heard at Ranelagh or Vauxhall.