Author: MOORE (Edward):
Title: Solomon. A Serenata. Taken from the Canticles. The Music composed by Doctor Boyce. The Words, by Mr. Moore.
Description: [No place] [No publisher ? London, 1760] [1760] 8vo, 204 x 128 mms., pp. 16, including half-title,later wrappers, with stitching renewed; text soiled and browned, libretto only, no music. This work by William Boyce (1711 - 1799) and Edward Moore (1712–1757) had its premiere in the same year as Handel's Messiah, 1742 and almost seemed to rival that work in its popularity, as is evidenced by the number of editions of this work listed in ESTC. This appears to be ESTC T160145, with copies located, in NLS and Bodleian.

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