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76
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
the
ir 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-
77
30 December 1712
@ Stationer's Hall
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music, entirely New-a Band of Thirty Performants compos'd all after
the
Italian Manner
; To begin with a full Trumpet/piece of Twelve Parts in a Stile which
the
Undertaker has lately invented, different from every thing which has been yet perform'd-; With several o
the
r full Pieces for Trumpets, Hautboys, Violins and Solos for
the
German Flute
the
Violin and o
the
r Instruments as usual-; Also several Cantatas-
the
most Celebrated Voices in
Town
78
23 March 1713
@ Stationer's Hall
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-
the
best Masters; Irish Song-a
you
ng Gentlewoman that never sung in Publick
before
, a Scholar of
Lawrence
's
79
25 April 1713
@ Queen's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Dorinda (acts I And Ii)
Music:
An Entertainment of
the
choicest Songs out of several Operas-; Also a Piece (never perform'd
before
)-Signior Cavaliero Valeriano;
The
Songs out of
the
Opera will be as follows
Convezzo luinghiero
,
Pria che la doglia
-Signora Pilotti;
Del fallo ful camin
,
Ti stringo o miodiletto
-Signor Valentini;
E vano ognipensiero
,
To Beauty devoted
,
Love wou'd invade me
-Signora Margaretta;
Di se senti
,
Nume Alata
-Mrs Barbier;
Solo pieta vi chiedo
-;
Di luci adourno
-Mrs Manina; concluding with
the
Chorus of Clotilda
-; a new piece-Signior Cavaliero Valeriano
80
09 June 1713
@ Queen's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Several Opera Songs Duettis and Cantatas of
the
best Masters, never Sung
before
,-Mrs Robinson, Valentino Urbani
81
26 November 1713
@ Tennis Court
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Rope Dancing
Entertainment:
Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where
you
will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on
the
stiff Rope-A
You
ng Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on
the
Rope, Playing on
the
Violin-
the
famous Scaramouch lately come from
France
, who turns himself as if he was going on
the
Ground; Walking on
the
Slack Rope after
the
Italian manner-A
You
ng Man; Lastly Tumbles-
The
Famous Gibbon who has had
the
honour to perform
before
most of
the
Courts in
Europe
, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen;
You
will likewise be entertained with good Musick-
82
22 February 1714
@ Stationer's Hall
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-Eminent English and Foreign Masters; Among o
the
r choice Compositions, a celebrated Song of
Mr Hendel
's-a Gentlewoman from Abroad, who hath never
before
exposed her Voice publickly in this Kingdom; To which will be added an uncommon Piece of Musick by Bassoons only-
83
12 February 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Island Princess
Music:
As17150125
Song:
A Girl who never appeared on
the
Stage
before
Dance:
As17150208
84
22 February 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Indian Emperor
Afterpiece Title:
The
Beau Demolished
Song:
A Gentlewoman who never appear'd on
the
Stage
before
Dance:
delaGarde, Sandham, Miss Russel; A
Scaramouch
-a Gentleman for his own Diversion
85
26 February 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Oroonoko
Song:
A Gentlewoman who never appear'd on
the
Stage
before
; Singing in Italian and English-
the
new Girl
Dance:
duPre, Moreau, Bovil, Sandham, o
the
rs
86
03 March 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Mackbeth
Music:
With all
the
Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by
Leveridge
-Leveridge, Cook, Jones, Reading, o
the
rs
Song:
A Boy who never appear'd on
the
Stage
before
Dance:
Dancing-Newhouse, duPre, Moreau, Boval, Sandham, Miss Russell, Miss Schoolding
87
15 March 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Ibrahim,
The
13th Emperor Of
The
Turks
Song:
As17150314
Dance:
As17150310 particularly a Dance made by
Mr Isaac
perform'd
before
his Majesty
on
New-Year's Day
, aall'd,
The
Friendship
-delaGarde, Miss Russell
88
26 April 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love In A Tub (
the
Comic Part)
Afterpiece Title:
Alexander
the
Great (an Opera)
Song:
A Dialogue (after
the
Italian Manner
)-two Boys , one of which never appear'd on
the
Stage
before
Dance:
As17150404
89
05 May 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Comical History Of Don Quixote, Part Ii
Song:
Singing in Italian and English-a Gentlewoman who never appear'd on that Stage
before
Dance:
As17150425 Also
Harlequin and Two Punches
, as17150502;
Venetian Dance
, as17150428
90
09 May 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Song:
The
New Boy
Music:
A New Piece of Musick (never perform'd
before
)-Bannister,
the
two Bastions, Stockdale
Dance:
delaGarde, Moreau, Bovil, Mrs Bullock (
the
late
Miss Russell
);
Swedish Dal Karl and His Wife
-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock
91
07 October 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Wife's Relief; Or,
The
Husband's Cure
Song:
As17151001
Dance:
As17151005;
Harlequin
-Aubert, who never appear'd upon a Stage
before
92
02 May 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Timon Of A
the
ns; Or,
The
Man Hater
Music:
In it a Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (compos'd by
the
late
Mr Henry Purcell
)-Leveridge, Cook, Reading,
the
Boy, Mrs Cross
Song:
Dance:
Smith's Daughter who never perform'd on
the
Stage
before
93
18 December 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Inconstant; Or,
The
Way To Win Him
Song:
A Dialogue between-Cook, a Gentlewoman, who never appear'd on any Stage
before
Dance:
Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith
94
04 April 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Julius Caesar
Song:
Genius of England
with a full Accompaniment of Instruments as it was never perform'd
before
-; and that Noble Martial Song for Two Voices,
Sing All ye Muses
-
Dance:
Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding
95
23 April 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Unhappy Favourite; Or,
The
Earl Of Essex
Afterpiece Title:
The
Country Wake; or, Hob
Song:
As17170204
Dance:
Miss Schoolding Scholar to
Moreau
, who never danc'd on
the
Stage
before
, Glover, Scholar of
Dumirail
, Mlle Cerail, from
the
Opera at Paris
;
Swedish Dal Karle
-; a New Comic Scene,
The
Loves of Harlequin and Colombine
-Salle, Mlle Salle
96
23 May 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Twin Rivals
Dance:
Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross, Mrs Smith, Miss Schoolding; particularly a dance-Moreau, Miss Schoolding; A new
Scotch Dance
,
French Peasant
both by
Newhouse
-Newhouse, Mrs Cross; A New Dance-a Gentleman who never appeared on
the
English Stage
before
97
27 May 1717
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Humorous Old Rake; Or, Greenwich Park
Song:
A very Comical Song about
the
Humours of
the
Town
-
98
28 May 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Woman Is A Riddle
Afterpiece Title:
The
Walking Statue
Dance:
Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Cook, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith; particularly several new dances by
Cook
-Cook, a Master who never performed on any Stage
before
Song:
As17170319
99
05 June 1717
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Rinaldo
Dance:
Salle, Mlle Salle who never perform'd on this Stage
before
100
05 November 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Devil Of A Wife; Or, A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or,
The
Country Wake
Song:
Oh London Is A Fine
Town
-Pack
Dance:
Chacone
-Mrs Bullock;
Dutch Skipper
-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith
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