Opera and Song Books Published in England, 1703-1726

A detailed bibliographical description of 180 collections of opera and other secular songs, with 36 page introduction and full indexes, this volume lists the first lines of all the songs included in each volume that is described, indexed so as to allow identification and dating of single songs of the period. Nine other indexes cover composers, singers, literary or dramatic works, short titles, printers and publishers, engravers, passe-partout title-pages, single or double sided volumes, and libraries.