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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "A Dissertation Upon Several Theatrical Subjects And Some New Topics"/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: 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

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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

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Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Music: Sonatas-Gasperini; A New Entertainment-the whole Band; in which some extraordinary Parts upon the Flute Violin and Hautboy-Paisible, Banister, Latour

Song: Leveridge

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion; with a new dance-the Devonshire Girl in imitation of Mlle Subligne

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly a Song-[Hughes] [before Her Majesty, in Congratulation of Her Majesty's Happy Accession to the Crown; [Also several Entertainments-Mr Dean, Signior Francisco; [And three New Songs [never perform'd anywhere-Mr Hughs; [And that much celebrated Song for the Trumpet[, perform'd originally-Mr Pate [in The Island Princess, beginning Rouse ye Gods of the Main; [Also a Sonata for two Trumpets-; [and positively there will be perform'd an Extraordinary Entertainment on the Arch/Lutes-an Eminent Master [who never perform'd there before; accompanied-Mr Dean, others

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Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Music: Several New Sonatas-the Famous Gasperini; particularly one for a Violin and Flute compos'd by Gasperini-; but the Flute part-Mr Paisible

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Weaver, Mrs Lucas; a dance-Laferry, Mrs Bicknell

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Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Song: Henry Purcell's celebrated Trumpet Song, The Fife and Harmony of War-; The Mad Song in Don Quixote-Boman, by request

Dance: Chacone-Mrs Elford; a new Entry-Fairbank; Venetian, a new Whim-Godwin

Music: New Italian Trumpet Sonatas-

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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

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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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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Music: Wherein several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; with several select Pieces of Musick- compos'd by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell; And a comical Dialogue sung originally in The Island Princess,-Mr Leveridge, Mr Doggett

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Music: With several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; With several other select pieces of Musick- compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuell, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Song: As17031102

Music: As17031109

Dance: Several new Entertainments, which were perform'd yesterday before Her Majesty at St. James's-duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Mayers

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Mainpiece Title: The Cautious Coxcomb

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Maid In The Mill

Song: A dialogue from The Mad Lover-Boman, Dogget in women's clothes; another dialogue-Cook, Godwin, the latter for his first appearance on the stage; Hark ye Madam from Love's a Jest-

Dance: New Scenev between a Drunken Beau and a Chimney/Sweeper-; several dances-Laithfield, Mrs Evans, Firbank, Firbank's scholar

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-several Eminent Masters; with several Italian Sonatas perform'd on the Violin-Mr Henry Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Song: As17050104

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel; particularly a new Dance The Heroine, compos'd by Mrs duRuel at the Desire of several Persons of Quality-

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford, others; A new Chacone-Miss Bruce; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; A new Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music by William Corbett-; with several pieces for Flutes-; Concerti Grossi-; including a new Italian solo-Corbett, being his first public appearance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: By direction of Sig Francisco Conti, the Consort of Musick-Sig Francisco Conti for her Majesty, and which he had the Honour to perform at court upon the Union-day; Singing-La Signiora Margaretta the Baroness, Il Signior Valentino; and there is to be several Instrumetns, and the said Great Theorbo, La Mandelitta an Instrument hitherto unknown-Signior Conti

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several new Songs and Sonatas never yet perform'd by Signior Joseph Saggioni-the best Masters; the Vocal part both in English and Italian-Signiora Maria Margaretta Gallia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several of the principal Songs and Symphonys in the late Operas-; Also Some Trumpet Sonatas, Concertoes, full Pieces of New Musick by the greatest Masters, and never yet Play'd in Public-

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music entirely new by the famous Scarlatti Bononcini, other the greatest Italian Masters-; To which will be added, the new Scene which was perform'd on Saturday last in the Opera of Pyrrhus and Demetrius-; The Vocal Parts-Signior Nicolini, others

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; With several Solos and Sonatas-Dean, Manship; Signor Nicholas' Trumpet Tune-Phillips; several Trumpet Sonatas-

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Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Dance: Several New Dances-Miss Santlow, others

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Miss Santlow, others

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; Wherein in English and Italian several new Cantatas, other Pieces of Musick-Mrs Hemmings, others; She also accompanies to her own Voice in the Harpsicord, being the first Time of her Appearance in Publick-Mrs Hemmings