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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. VIIL OCT. 5, 1901.

Yard. Oblong folio, ii, 46 pp., of which ii, 1, 17 and 23 are blank.

1778 (?). The Goddess of the Chace, a favourite Hunting Song, Sung at the Theatre, Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price 6d. London : Printed for S. A & P. Thompson No. 75 St. Pauls Church Yard Folio, 3 pp.

This is the only trace of Dibdin's work for a revived pantomime at Covent Garden, the title of which I have not traced.

1779. Tarry here with me and Love. Sung by Mrs. Kennedy in the Comedy of Errors. Composed by Mr. Dibdin. S., A., P. T. 1 p. folio. For Covent Garden, same season as the pre- ceding.

1779. The Chelsea Pensioner: a Comic Opera. In two acts. As it is Performed at the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden. London : Printed for G. Kearsly, near Serjeant's -Inn, Fleet -street. 1779. Entered at Stationer's Hall. 8vo, pp. iv, 40 (ii and 22 blank).

Produced (> May, 1779. Written and com- posed by Dibdin. The music as a whole was not, I think, published. The overture and six other items appeared in 'The Monthly Lyrist,' &c. (1781), q.v.

Separate sheet song :

John and Jean. Sung by Mr. Wilson. In the Chelsea Pensioner. 2 pp. folio ; n.d. No publisher's imprint.

1779. Summer Amusement or An Adventure at Margate a Comic Opera as performed at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket, The music by Dr. Arne, Giordani, Dibdin, and Dr. Arnold, for the Voice, Harpsichord, or Violin Price 5s. London : Printed for S. A. & P. Thompson No. 7") St. Paul's Church Yard. Oblong folio, 41 pp. ; n.d.

The only piece by Dibdin is the song (from is adapted to other words.
 * The Seraglio ') " Blow high, blow low," which

1770. Plymouth in an Uproar ; a musical farce, As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent- Garden. The Music composed by ' Mr. Dibdin London: Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 47 Fleet- Street. MDCCLXXIX. 8vo, pp. vi,' 42, of which ii iv, and 42 are blank. Price (on half title) One Shilling.

Produced 21 October, 1779. This piece, written by a seaman named Nevitt (' Biog. Dram.' says Neville), was revised and supplied with lyrics and music by Dibdin. hxcept the overture and one air (in ' The Monthly Lyrist') the music seems not to have been published. The second and fourth editions are also dated 1779; the latter is abbreviated to 30 pp.

1779. The Mirror ; or, Harlequin Every-Where. A Pantomiraical Burletta. In Three Parts. As it s performed at the Theatre - Royal in Covent- Garden. London : Printed for G. Kearsly, No. 46 Meet -street. M.DCC.LXXIX. Svo, ii, 40 pp., last

In my copy there is a frontispiece, engraved by Bonnor, painted by Cipriani and Richards ; but this may have been taken from a con- temporary magazine. Produced 30 November,

1779. Written and composed by Dibdin.

1779. The Overture Comic Songs &c. in the Panto mime entertainment of the Mirror or Harlequin Everywhere, Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden with Universal Applause, in which are included the celebrated Comic Songs of Punch, The music composed by Charles Dibdin. London Printed for Ab: Portal, opposite the new church, Strand. Price 6s. Oblong folio, ii, 34pp., of which ii, 1, 28, and 34 are blank ; n.d.

1780. The Shepherdess of the Alps : a Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As it is performed at the Theatre - Royal in Covent - Garden. London : Printed for G. Kearsly, No. 46, Fleet - street. M.DCC.LXXX. Svo, ii, 86pp.

Written and composed by Dibdin ; produced 18 January, 1780. I have found no evidence that the music as a whole was published. Two of the songs were afterwards used in the Musical Tour Entertainment (q.v.).

1780. *Pasquin's Budget.

Under this general title Dibdin projected a series of puppet-plays at the Haymarket, in the style of [ The Comic Mirror ' (1775), q.v. The first, entitled ' Reasonable Animals,' was promptly damned, and so the matter ended. 1 Pandora,' which had been prepared, was afterwards produced at the Royal Circus. Songs from both pieces were used in the Musical Tour Entertainment. Hogarth places the production of ' Reasonable Animals ' in

1780, and the 'Biog. Drain.' states it was printed (Svo) in 1782, while Genest gives 1780 as the date of both performance and publication. I have not ascertained the pre- cise date or seen a contemporary publication of the words or music.

1780. Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c. In the Islanders, a Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As it is performed cat the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London : 1 rinted for G. Kearsly, in Fleet-Street. M.DCC.LXXX. 8yo, pp. iv, 28 (ii and 28 blank). Price, on half-title, sixpence.

The second edition and "a new edition " (both dated 1780) differ slightly from the first edition. Written and composed by Dibdin ; produced 25 November, 1780. Genest says ^here was no publication of the dialogue, and [ conclude that the music as a whole was not engraved, because the overture and thirteen vocal pieces are in ' The Monthly Lyrist.' Separate sheet songs :

Poor Orra tink of Yanko dear a Favourite Song ning by Mrs Kennedy in the Islanders, Composed A M o r J )ibdin/ Price 6d - London Printed for x A. & P. Thompson No 75 St Paul's Church Yard.

pp. folio ; n.d.

later issue from same plates. Price Is.