The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes.

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The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes.
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London :: Printed by J. Playford for Henry Playford and R.C. ...,
1685-1687.
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Songs, English -- England.
Songs with continuo.
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"The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54969.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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THE Theater of MUSIC: OR, A Choice COLLECTION of the newest and best Songs Sung at the COURT, and Public THEATERS.

The Words composed by the most ingenious Wits of the Age, and set to MUSIC by the greatest Masters in that Science.

WITH A THOROW-BASS to each Song for the Theorbo, or Bass-Viol.

ALSO Symphonies and Retornels in 3 Parts to several of them for the Violins and Flutes.

THE SECOND BOOK.

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LONDON, Printed by J. P. for Henry Playford and R. C. and sold by Henry Playford near the Temple Church, and John Carr at the Middle-Temple Gate, 1685.

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