Mus. 793

Printed. Includes an engraving of Blow's portrait (facing titlepage).

Mus. 793 Blow, John, d. 1708 Amphion Anglicus. A work of many compositions, for one, two, three and four voices: with several accompagnements of instrumental musick; and a thorow=bass to each song: figur'd for an organ, harpsichord, or theorboe-lute. By Dr. John Blow. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the author, 1700 RISM A/I B2985 See other copies of this work.

Provenance: from the Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717, item B9, as 'Dr John Blow's Musical Compositions, or Amphion Anglicus'; there is an equivalent entry in Dowding (main hand).

Upright format, 330 x 210 mm. Early C18th binding of brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with panels on the upper and lower covers. Shelfmark 'B.9' on front flyleaf. Bookplate 2. C19th shelfmark: K.4.8.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 41.
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For another copy of this edition, from the Goodson bequest, see Mus. 792.