Love in a Village | A Comic Opera. | As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in | Covent-Garden. | The Musick by | Handel, Boyce, Arne, | Howard, Baildon, Festing, | Geminiani, Galuppi, Giardini, | Paradies, Agus, Abos | For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin | Book [I-III] [1763] I Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand
pp.7-54 'Mr. Weldon' at foot of p.7
Vocal score (3 bks)
Bk 1 pp.7-21 begins on p.7 'Sung by Miss Brent and Miss Hallam' Andante, 3/4 in C Major: Hope! Thou nurse of young desire (2/3 staves, top shared between kbd. and voice except for Symphony) Bk 2 pp.22-37 begins with A Medley, Allegro 6/8 in A Major – Housemaid: 'I pray ye, gentles, list to me' Bk 3 pp.39-54 (p.46 is blank) begins Allegro 6/4 in G Major – Hawthorn: 'Oons! Neighbour, ne'er blush for a trifle like this'
Composed and arranged by Thomas Arne from a libretto by Isaac Bickerstaffe, with borrowings from numerous other composers
