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Solomon (Boyce)
''Solomon'' is a 75-minute serenata for two solo voices, chorus and orchestra written in 1742 by the English composer William Boyce. The characters are named simply She and He; it is a love story and mildly bawdy. There are several well-known airs: ''Arise, My Fair''; ''O Fill With Cooling Juice''; ''Softly Rise, O Southern Breeze''; ''Tell Me, Lovely Shepherd''; and ''Ye Blooming Virgins''. These have been recorded by various singers, and ''Solomon'' in its entirety was recorded by Hyperion in 1989. A performance in June 2014 at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall was aired by the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta .... The overture to ''Solomon'' was published during the composer's lifetime as his Symphony No. 6 in F major. References {{reflist External links Six of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyce (composer)
William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Thomas Arne, Arne, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gluck, Johann Christian Bach, J.C. Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his work. Life Boyce was born in London, at Joiners Hall, then in Lower Thames Street, to John Boyce, at the time a joiner and cabinet-maker, and beadle of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers, and his wife Elizabeth Cordwell. He was baptised on 11 September 1711 and was admitted by his father as a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral in 1719. After his voice broke in 1727, he studied music with Maurice Greene (composer), Maurice Greene.Bruce (2005) His first professional appointment came in 1734 when he was employed as an organist at the St Peter, Vere Street, Oxford Chapel in central London. He went on to take a number of similar post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
