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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Scots and English Songs"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Scots and English Songs")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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4948 results for: Keyword - Scots and English Songs
We found 2179 matches on Performance Comments, 2062 matches on Performance Title, 1166 matches on Event Comments, 122 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1301
08 December 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Made shorter, and intermix'd with Vocal Musick and Dancing. At 5 p.m. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bath; Or, The Western Lass

Performance Comment: A new Prologue- All in Honour of the Officers of the Army and Fleet, and to welcome them home from Flanders and Vigo.
Cast
Role: A new Prologue Actor: All in Honour of the Officers of the Army and Fleet, and to welcome them home from Flanders and Vigo.

Song: Let the dreadful Engines-Leveridge; Since the Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; Sing Sing All Ye Muses-Laroone, Hughs; A Scotch Song-Leveridge

Dance: Between every Act: Genteel Round-a Devonshire Girl never seen on the Stage before, to the Harp alone; an Irish Humour, The Whip of Dunboyne-Devonshire Girl, her Master; another genteel dance-Devonshire Girl; a Highland Lilt-Devonshire Girl, her Master; A Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl all in Natural Habits

Related Works
Related Work: L'Honorata Poverta di Rinaldo: viz, The honourable Poverty of Rinaldo, false accused by the Maganzesians: With Harlequing Guardian to his Master's Family and Defender of his Castle Author(s): Giacinto Andrea Cicognini

1302
29 December 1702 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: The Mad/Man's Dance . A new Dance perform'd-16 Persons in Grotesque Habits; in which Variety of Postures-a Black will perform to Admiration; Roger a Coverly-Weaver , as it was done Originally after the Yorkshire manner

Song: The Chimney Sweeper's Dialogue-; A Trumpet Song never sung but twice on the Stage-; Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Willis

Music: The Turkey/Cock Music-. An Entertainment performed before the Doge and Senate of Venice at the last Carnival

Performance Comment: An Entertainment performed before the Doge and Senate of Venice at the last Carnival.

1303
23 January 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Song: several Songs in Italian and French- The FamousSigniora Joanna Maria; accompany'd-Signior Gasperini; Leveridge, Laroon, Hughes

Dance: Du/Ruell, Mrs Campion, others

1304
03 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song: A New Song written by Mr Durfey, Set and-Mr Leveridge

Dance: Irish Dance-Claxton; five dances (two new)-Devonshire Girl

1305
11 February 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Bride

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Music: The New/year's/day Song and Musick-, as it was perform'd before her Majesty

Dance: l'Abbe, Mrs Elford

1306
12 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Music: A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage

Song: Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Song: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-the Devonshire Girl; The Whip of Dunbyn-Claxton; a new Entry-Mrs Campion, others; A Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; a new Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman-Laferry, Mrs Lucas

1307
05 March 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: New Musick, with several Songs-the Famous Seniora Anna, lately come from Rome, who never Sung on the Stage, nor ever accompany'd any other Voice publickly in England

1308
22 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Campion. For the Entertainment of his Excellency the Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Denmark and several other Foreign Ministers, and Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: Instrumental Music-Gasperini, DuRuel; accompanied-Mrs Campion on the harpsichord

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion; particularly Purcell's Mad Dialogue, and another from The World in the Moon-; Several other new songs composed by Weldon-

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion

1309
16 October 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Song: Henry Purcell's Bess of Bedlam, a Mad Song,-Shaw

Dance: The Devonshire Girl, Mrs Bicknell, Laferry

1310
10 November 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly some new Sonatas for the Violin lately brought from Rome, Compos'd by the Great Arcangelo Corelli-Gasperini, others

Song: Several of the best Stage Songs-Leveridge, Mrs Campion

Dance: Mrs Campion, Devonshire Girl, DuRuel

1311
19 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Song: Three songs (two being new)-Mrs del'Epine, the accompanying music composed by Greber

Music: As17031109

Dance: As17040124

1312
26 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

Song: Three new songs-Mrs del'Epine, with the accompanying music composed by Greber

1313
20 March 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Song: Beggar's Songs-; singing-Leveridge

Dance: Dances proper to the Occasion-; dancing-duRuel, Mrs Mayers

1314
28 March 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Solomon Single

Entertainment: Between each Act: Scotch Dances and Songs-

1315
01 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Entertainment: Scotch Dances and Songs-

1316
17 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cautious Coxcomb

Entertainment: With several New Scotch Dances-; Between each Act: Songs-

1317
29 April 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17040422

Song: Several Entertainments of Singing in Italian-the Famous Signiora Francisca Margarita del'Epine; of the best Songs she hath Sung in England: The Accompanied with Musick- compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber-

1318
01 July 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Allison and Mrs Cox. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: The Enthustiastick Song composed and-Leveridge

Dance: Chacone-Mrs duRuel; Punchanello-Cherrier

1319
10 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ignoramus

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Dance: A new Italian Scaramouch-Layfield, his first on the stage; other dances-Layfield, Miss Evans

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis, Miss Baldwin; A comical dialogue-Short, Mrs Willis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis

1320
20 December 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Song: All the Songs in the Play being set to new Musick-Mr Leveridge

Dance: All the original Dances which were perform'd-; particularly the Card Dance-

1321
15 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: Italian sonatas-Gasperini; particularly The Echo-Gasperini, duRuel

Song: Henry Purcell songs-Leveridge

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell

1322
25 January 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Song: That celebrated Dialogue-Boman, Pack, A Drunken Officer and a Town Miss, originally performed in The Mad Lover; A Country Dialogue-Mrs Willis, Short; A new Trumpet Song composed by Eccles-Davis

Dance: The last new Entry-Firbank, Firbank's Scholar; Blowsabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Comic dances-Prince, others; A Right Irish Trot-a child of five years

1323
07 March 1705 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; with several Pieces of the late Mr Purcell-; Variety of new Songs-

1324
16 May 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Song: All the Songs set by the late Mr Henry Purcell-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Lyndsey, the new Boy

1325
18 July 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Song: Ramondon; particularly a new Italian Trumpet Song-; Hornbolt, who never performed but once on the stage

Dance: LaForest, Mrs Cross