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(166) Volume I [1], Page 159 - Life is chequer'd

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Early books of Scottish Songs > Calliope, or, English harmony > (166) Volume I [1], Page 159 - Life is chequer'd

(166) Volume I [1], Page 159 - Life is chequer'd
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74533314
Description	Music and words, p.159. Headpiece illustration of five men, four seated and one standing raising a beer mug, next to the sea with a large ship in the distance. Set by Dr. Green. First line: Life is chequer'd.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Book illustrations Images > Pictures > Prints > Intaglio prints > Engravings Images > Pictures > Vignettes
Subject / content:	Headpieces (layout features) Men (male humans) Musical notation Songs Flutes (aerophones)
Person / organisation:	Greene, Maurice, 1696-1755 [Composer]
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Calliope, or, English harmony
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Description	A collection of English and Scottish songs engraved & sold by Henry Roberts engraver & printseller in London between 1739-1746.
Shelfmark	Glen.187
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1739-1746 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Baroque Collections (object groupings) English Music Scottish Songs
Person / organisation:	Roberts, Henry, ca. 1710-ca. 1790 [Bookseller] Roberts, Henry, ca. 1710-ca. 1790 [Engraver]
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Early books of Scottish Songs
Description	Three early books of Scottish songs with melodies and illustrations. Includes songs printed between 1739 and 1746, the first printed collection of songs with their melodies, and songs with words by Allan Ramsay.