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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Abel"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing in English Latin Italian Spanish and French-Mr Abel; accompanied by Instrumental Musick-; of the best Masters, and after that Singing alone to the Harpsical-Mr Abel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing-Abel

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: [By]Mr Isaacs Scholar; Singing-Mr Abel; with other Musick-

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Mainpiece Title: Abel

Music: CConcerto-Giardini who plays the first violin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abel

Music: I: Concerto on the Violin-Degiardini; II: An Organ Concerto by Arne-Mr Arne Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abel

Music: As17550314

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Mainpiece Title: The Sacrifice; Or, The Death Of Abel

Music: CConcerto on Violin-Pinto; Concerto on Hautboy-Simpson

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Mainpiece Title: Sifare

Song: A Cantabile Song-; accompanied on the viola de gamba-Mr Abel

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel

Music: First Violin Solo-Barthelemon; Concerto on Hautboy-Simpson

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel

Music: First violin, Solo-Giardini; Concerto on German Flute-Florio

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel

Music: As17700307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel

Music: As17710220

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Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Entertainment: Overture-; Favourite Hunting Song-Barnshaw; A favourite Scot's air-Miss Dowson; An Overture-Abel; O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Barnshaw; Sweet Echo-Mas. Lyon; Act II: Soldier Tir'd-Miss Dowson; New Song-Barnshaw; Overture in Otho-; Water Parted from the Sea-Mas. Lyon; Trumpet Concerto-Mas. Green (pupil of Jones); British Wives-A. Smith; Concerto on Violin-Smart. After which will be displayed a grand Transparent Painting 40 feet wide and 30 feet high

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Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Song: Savoi, Signora Grassi

Music: First Violin, Solo-Linley Jr, from Bath; Solo on Viola di Gamba-Abel; Solo on German Flute-Wendling; Concerto on French Horn-Ponta; Concerto on Violincello-Duport; Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel; Judith

Music: I: Concerto on French Horn-Spandau; II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Monologue: Interlude. Piety in Pattens. As 1 June

Entertainment: End I: Imitations, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister; After Interlude: Abel Drugger's Return from the Fete Champetre at Marybone-Weston

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

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Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Song: II: Hunting Song-Brett

Monologue: An InterludePiety in Pattens. As 1 June

Entertainment: After the Interlude: Abel Drugger's return-Weston[, as17740829

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Monologue: An Interlude,Piety in Pattens. As 1 June, but Mrs Candy-Mrs Love

Entertainment: After the Interlude: Abel Drugger's Return-Weston, as17740829; Imitations-Bannister

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Entertainment: Abel Drugger's Return-Weston[; as17740829

Music: Solo on Violin-Giorgi

Dance: As17740613

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Monologue: After Imitations: an Interlude call'd Piety in Pattens. Butler-Weston; Squire-Carpenter; Mrs Candy-Mrs Love; Polly-Mrs Jewell

Entertainment: End: Imitations-Bannister; after the Interlude: Abel Drugger's return from the Fete Champetre-Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: I: Concerto (Abel)-Crosdell, Cramer, Fisher; II: Concerto (Bach)-Tacet, Crosdell, Fisher, Cramer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: I: Concerto (Abel)-Cramer, Cervetto, Fisher; II: Concerto on Violin-Cramer