Six Solos and Six Scots Airs, with variations
by Clagget, Walter
Full title: Six Solos and Six Scots Airs, with variations for the violon or violoncello, with a thorough bass for the harpsichord. Compos'd by Walter Claget. Opra 2da.
Publisher: London
Printer: Printed for the Author.
Date: [1762]
Description:
NB Publication has 'Claget'; RISM and Copac spell name as 'Clagget'; Gore has 'Claggett'.
Opra 2da = Opera Seconda = opus 2
Notes:
Baroque-like basslines are provided for the Scots airs. The solo part is given in treble clef for the violin, and an octave lower in tenor clef for cello in each case.
RISM: C2547
Link: British Library
Biographical info: Clagget (1742-1798) was an Irish musician who spent much of his life in England, working as a theatre musician and cello soloist. Also a composer of instrumental and operatic music, self-published and by the Thompson family. His last decade or so was spent in Newcastle upon Tyne. (ODNB)
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