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14 June 1710

Event Information
Theatre: Greenwich
Theatrical Season: 1709-1710
Volume: 2
Comments: Benefit Francisco. Tickets 5s. [See London in 1710, pp. 66-67, from which the above description is taken.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pM.pcgr Concert. *mM.pcgr Vocal and Instrumental Music [....The orchestra was not very strong, consisting of no more than sixty persons, but it was incomparable%-; Signiora Margarita del'Epine; [sang, but she was by no means as pleasing as in the opera....She was the only person who sang. The instrumental music was extremely beautiful: $Pepusch=; who directs everything, and played the thorough-bass, excelled all the others. The violins too could scarce have been better. But most notable of all was a most charming concerto played with Pepusch by a flute and a viol di gamba. The person who plays the% flute [is a $Frenchman= called%-Paisible; [whose equal is not to be found....The second man, who played the% viol di gamba [with such uncommon excellence, is an $Italian= called%-Signor Pietro. *cM.pcgr Benefit $Francisco=. Tickets 5s. [See <i>London in 1710</i>, pp. 66-67, from which the above description is taken.]
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1710 06 14 gr Concert.*m1710 06 14 gr Vocal and Instrumental Music ....The orchestra was not very strong, consisting of no more than sixty persons, but it was incomparable-; Signiora Margarita del'Epine; sang, but she was by no means as pleasing as in the opera....She was the only person who sang. The instrumental music was extremely beautiful: $Pepusch=; who directs everything, and played the thorough-bass, excelled all the others. The violins too could scarce have been better. But most notable of all was a most charming concerto played with Pepusch by a flute and a viol di gamba. The person who plays the flute is a $Frenchman= called-Paisible; whose equal is not to be found....The second man, who played the viol di gamba with such uncommon excellence, is an $Italian= called-Signor Pietro.*c1710 06 14 gr Benefit $Francisco=. Tickets 5s. [See <i>London in 1710</i>, pp. 66-67, from which the above description is taken.]
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 4567 | 17100614 | gr | Benefit $Francisco=. Tickets 5s. [See <i>London in 1710</i>, pp. 66-67, from which the above description is taken.
    Performance: 6420 | 4567 | p | Concert
    Performance: 6421 | 4567 | m | Vocal and Instrumental Music | ...The orchestra was not very strong, consisting of no more than sixty persons, but it was incomparable-; Signiora Margarita del'Epine; sang, but she was by no means as pleasing as in the opera....She was the only person who sang. The instrumental music was extremely beautiful: $Pepusch=; who directs everything, and played the thorough-bass, excelled all the others. The violins too could scarce have been better. But most notable of all was a most charming concerto played with Pepusch by a flute and a viol di gamba. The person who plays the flute is a $Frenchman= called-Paisible; whose equal is not to be found....The second man, who played the viol di gamba with such uncommon excellence, is an $Italian= called-Signor Pietro.
    Cast:
    9080 | 6421 | it was incomparable
    9081 | 6421 | and played the thorough | bass, excelled all the others. The violins too could scarce have been better. But most notable of all was a most charming concerto played with Pepusch by a flute and a viol di gamba. The person who plays the flute is a $Frenchman= called-Paisible
    9082 | 6421 | called | Paisible
    9083 | 6421 | called | Signor Pietro.

Mainpiece

Title: Concert
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Music

Comment: Vocal and Instrumental Music ....The orchestra was not very strong, consisting of no more than sixty persons, but it was incomparable-; Signiora Margarita del'Epine; sang, but she was by no means as pleasing as in the opera....She was the only person who sang. The instrumental music was extremely beautiful: Pepusch; who directs everything, and played the thorough-bass, excelled all the others. The violins too could scarce have been better. But most notable of all was a most charming concerto played with Pepusch by a flute and a viol di gamba. The person who plays the flute is a Frenchman called-Paisible; whose equal is not to be found....The second man, who played the viol di gamba with such uncommon excellence, is an Italian called-Signor Pietro

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