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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "The Note of Hand"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount
80 results for: Title - The Note of Hand

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18 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Music: Entertainment of flute music-Bannister, Bannister's son; A new instrumental piece-the best hands

Dance: The Highland, The Whip of Dunboyne-Claxton

Entertainment: Imitations. The Famous Mr Clynch will for this once, at the desire of several Persons of Quality, perform his Imitation of an Organ with 3 Voices, the Double Curtel, the Bells, the Huntsman with his Horn and Pack of Dogs-Mr Clynch; All which he performs with his Mouth on the open Stage, being what no Man besides himself could ever yet attain to

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11 December 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Entirely new, composed by Mr Keller,the best Hands; With several Sonatas on the Violin-Signior Gasperini; And a piece of Musick composed for Flutes-Mr Paisible, Mr Banister; And a piece for Hautboy and Violin-Mrs Hodgson, Mr Cook

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05 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: duRuel; Miller's Dance-Pinkeman

Entertainment: And performing these several Performances, first an Organ with three Voices, then the Double Curtel, the Flute, the Bells, the Huntsman, the Horn, Pack of Dogs, all with his Mouth-Mr Clinch of Barnet; and an old Woman of Fourscore Years of Age nursing her Grand/Child all which he does open on the Stage-Mr Clinch; Next performing several Mimick Entertainments on the Ladder, first he stands on the top-round with a Bottle in one hand, and a Glass in the other, and drinks a Health; then plays several Tunes on the Violin, with fifteen other surprizing Performances which no man but himself can do-a Gentleman

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23 May 1707 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; including variety of sonatas-Bannister, Paisible, Lully, Dupar; singing-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; a sonata on the Flute D'Almain-Pietro; Corelli's Sixth Double Note Solo-Viner

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23 March 1711 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands

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07 November 1711 @ Mr Fearnly's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Note. There will be a particular Performance on the Arch and French Lute-an Italian Master; with Singing-an Italian Master

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28 November 1712 @ Orlibeer's School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; several Songs of the newest Opera, with their Symphonies-; with single and two and three Part Songs of the late Mr Beeston and Mr Beeston's Scholar-; A Sonata for 2 Hautboys, a Solo for a Flute, with that celebrated Piece for a single Violin and a Trumpet never perform'd in publick but once before-; a Solo by Mr Beeston-

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04 March 1713 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands of the Opera

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28 January 1714 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; The Vocal Part-Mr Carey, a Gentleman, a Boy Mr Carey's Scholars; The Instrumental Part-best Hands of the Opera All the Pieces for Instruments are New and composed by Dr Pepusch

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06 April 1714 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music Italian and English-; [Note, At the Desire of several Gentlemen, Mrs Fitzgerald's voice accompanied by] Trumpet and German Flute-Mr Grano; [The Consort opening with an entire new Trumpet Sonata-

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19 April 1714 @ Caverley's Academy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands of the Opera

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03 May 1717 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; The Vocal Parts-Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald; the Instrumental Parts-the best Hands in the Opera; Also several new Solos and Concertos-Matthew Dubourg; German Flute-Pietro

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18 February 1719 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; A new Concerto by Mr Hendel-Mathew Dubourg; Piece for Harpsicord-Cook; Concerto, Solo-Kytch; Solo Bass@Viol, German@Flute-Pietro

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26 April 1720 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Fille Capitaine

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Galerien; ou, Le Port de Mer

Entertainment: Dancing-D'Angeville, Mlle Deschaliers, others; And several New Performances-the Tumblers; Particularly the Extraordinary Tumbling, call'd Le Saut de la Panche-Mr Debroc , who with Links in his Hands will run up to the Top of a Board 16 Foot high, and with a most surprising Activity will tumble from thence

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02 September 1723 @ Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

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27 March 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands

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02 March 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands of the Opera

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25 March 1726 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands

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29 April 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal Part, consisting of the choicest Songs from the Operas-Mrs Forsyth; Instrumental Music-best Hands from the Opera-House

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08 March 1727 @ Spring Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands from the Opera

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26 April 1727 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; English Cantata in Praise of Musick by Dr Pepusch-; with the Vocal Parts-Mrs Davies; Instrumental-the best Hands from the Opera; Concerto for Two Clarinets-

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27 March 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: English and Scotch Ballads-Salway, Legare, Mrs Seedo, Mrs Chambers, Miss Warren, Mrs Barbier being the first Performance of this kind; Instrumental Musick-the best Hands; , particularly the two famous French Horns-; two Chamber Horns-

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27 March 1728 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands from the Opera

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10 February 1729 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands from the Opera

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12 March 1729 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; With select Pieces on French Horn and German Flute-the best Hands of the Opera