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Leadership Through Laughter: How Henry Carey Reinvented English Music And Song, Jennifer Cable
Leadership Through Laughter: How Henry Carey Reinvented English Music And Song, Jennifer Cable
Music Faculty Publications
Polly refers to Miss Polly Peachum, a character in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera of 1728 (January). Henry Carey (1687-1743) set this verse (1728) to his famous tune Sally in our Alley, which Gay had used in the opera. Carey's verse about Polly Peachum became so popular that it was eventually incorporated into The Beggar's Opera libretto, beginning with the third edition.1 Even in this short example, we can detect Carey's delight that Polly had overtaken "the Opera of Rolli," alluding to Italian opera in general by referring specifically to the Italian poet and librettist who adapted libretti for …
The Composing Of "Musick" In The English Language: The Development Of The English Cantata, 1700-1750, Jennifer Cable
The Composing Of "Musick" In The English Language: The Development Of The English Cantata, 1700-1750, Jennifer Cable
Music Faculty Publications
The cantata as cultivated by Alessandro Scarlatti and his contemporaries Alessandro Stradella and Giovanni Bononcini was the model for the early development of the English cantata, "which remained a solo vocal genre in England throughout the eighteenth century, namely 1710-1800. By focusing on specific musical elements, such as cantata format (recitative-aria-recitative-aria or aria-recitative-aria), song forms, motivic use, textual content, instrumental requirements and performance venues, the evolution of the English cantata can be observed during the first half of the eighteenth century, developing from a simple imitation of the Italian form to a genre in its own right.1