Boyce, William – The Shepherd’s Lottery, 1751

Description

Boyce, William: The Shepherd’s Lottery, 1751
Ref
LC4
Categories
Collected Editions
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Group C: English Opera and Masque
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Music for London Entertainment
By
William Boyce
Facsimile: Printed score, Walsh (1751) and libretto, M. Cowper (1751)
Introduction by Robert Bruce
The second of Boyce’s all-sung afterpieces,
The Shepherd’s Lottery
, opened on 19 November 1751.
The Shepherd’s Lottery
was performed nightly until 26 November and followed a different play each night. Thereafter it was intermixed with other afterpieces for the rest of the season, which ended in May 1752.