Author : Charles Dibdin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1720908656
The Quaker; a Comic Opera by Charles Dibdin Pdf
The Quaker; a comic opera By Charles Dibdin The Quaker; a comic opera: As performed at the Theare-Royal [sic] in Drury-Lane.Charles Dibdin (before 4 March 1745 - 25 July 1814) was a British composer, musician, dramatist, novelist and actor. With over 600 songs to his name, for many of which he wrote both the lyrics and the music and performed them himself, he was in his time the most prolific English singer-songwriter. He is best known as the composer of "Tom Bowling," one of his many sea songs, which often features at the Last Night of the Proms. He also wrote about 30 dramatic pieces, including the operas The Waterman (1774) and The Quaker (1775), and several novels, memoirs and histories. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
