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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. JUNE 25, im.
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE
WORKS OF CHARLES DIBDIN.
(See 9 th S. viii. 39, 77, 197, 279 ; ix. 421 ; x. 122, 243 ; xi. 2, 243, 443 ; xii. 183, 283, 423, 462 ; 10 th S. i. 463.)
1808. The Melange. A Table Entertainment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin.
Hogarth gives no particulars of it, and I have been unable to trace a record of the performances, beyond the songs, the words of which are given in the following :
- Songs, Glees, Duettos, &c., in the Melange ;
written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, & performed at the Sans Pareil, Strand. London. Printed for the Author, by R. Cantwell, No. 29 Bell Yard, Lin- coln's Inn. And sold at Mr. Dibdin's Warehouse, No. 125, Strand. Price One Shilling. 1808. 8vo, pp.36.
The songs, &c., of which none can be traced as published with the music, in connexion with this entertainment, are as follows :
1. The Flowing Bowl. (No. 3 in 'King and Queen,' 1798.)
2. True Glory. (No. 9 in ' The Sphinx,' 1797.)
3. The Two Emperors.
4. The Sailor's Will. (No. 17 in 'New Year's Gifts,' 1804.)
5. The Pullet. (No. 5 in ' Heads or Tails,' 1805.)
6. The Anchorsmiths. (No. 6 in ' Tour to Land's End,' 1798.)
7. The Union of Love and Wine. (A Glee, No. 18 in ' Most Votes,' 1802.)
8. The Soldier's Adieu. (No. 5 in ' The Wags,' 1790.)
9. The Ladies. (No. 11 in 'A Frisk,' 1801.)
10. Jack at the Windlass. (No. 20 in 'The Quizes,' 1792.)
11. Miss Wigley. (No. 20 in ' Professional Volun- teers,' 1808.)
12. The Actor.
13. The Three Catalanis.
14. Duetto between a Tar and a Clown. (No. 5 in 'The Rent Day ,'1808.)
15. The Good Night (a Glee).
16. The Soldier's Funeral. (No. 9 in ' Castles in the Air,' 1793.)
17. The Sweets of Love. (No. 11 in ' The Cake- house,' 1800.)
18. Bachelor's Hall. (No. 2 in ' The Oddities,' 1789.)
19. Tom Transom. (No. 7 in ' The Frolic,' 1804.)
20. Bottom. (No. 18 in ' Tom Wilkins,' 1799.)
21. The Brothers (a Duetto).
22. The Song of Songs. (No. 14 in ' The General Election,' 1796.)
1809. Commodore Pennant, a Table Entertain- ment, written and composed by Charles Dibdin. First performed 16 January, 1809.
This, which was probably a compilation from earlier entertainments, included an intermezzo, ' Cecilia ; or, the Progress of Industry.' I have not discovered any list of songs, and I think none was published. Hogarth mentions the Intermezzo as a one- act entertainment produced after ' Heads or
Tails?' (1805) but I have found no mention
of it in advertisements of that year.
1809. A Thanksgiving, A Glee. For 3 Voices, Written and Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price Is, Printed & Sold at the Author's Music Warehouse No. 125 Strand, & Bland & Weller's, Oxford Street. 2 pp. folio, on a sheet of 4 pp., with 4 pp. 8vo attached, on which are the complete words of the song.
1809. The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, written by himself; together with the words of eight hundred songs, two hundred and twenty of which will have their appropriate music. Selected from his works, and embellished with an elegant engraving by Mr. Smith, From a portrait of Mr. Dibdin, a striking likeness, and an admirable Picture painted by Mr. Devis. In six Volumes. Vol. I. [or II.]. London : Published by the Author, At his Music warehouse, No. 125, Strand ; and may be had of Mr. Asperne, bookseller, Cornhill; Bland and Weller, No. 23, Oxford Street ; dementi and Co. Cheapside ; and by [sic] all the Booksellers in the United Kingdom. 1809. Cantwell, Printer 29, Bell- Yard, Lincoln's Inn. 8vo.
" Advertisement," dated 20 May, 1809. Portrait as in 1803 and 1804 editions. Only two volumes appeared. Vol. I. has viii, 251 pp., and Vol. II. iv, 279 pp., and also- 4 pp. following, but not paged. Contains engraved songs Nos. 1 to 61 (excepting No. 37, which is not in any copy I have examined), then 'a Thanksgiving' for three voices ; also songs lettered A to K ; in all 73 songs. This edition was apparently issued fortnightly in parts, at 2s. each, con- taining about 48 pp. and seven or eight songs. It was to have been completed in 36 parts, of which about 10 appeared.
1809. Songs written and composed by C. Dibdio for " Bannister's Budget."
There was published in folio
1. The Veteran & the Volunteer, A Favorite Song, Written & Composed by Mr. Dibdin, And Sung with universal applause by Mr. Bannister's 'sic] On his Tour In his New Entertainment, Called Bannister's Budget, Entd. at Stat. Hall Price Is London Printed by Goulding & Co. 124 Late llf New Bond Street & 7 Westmorland Street Dublin. Arrangement for two flutes on p. 4.
This is the only one I have seen. Others 'probably issued in similar form) were as Follows :
2. Cock of the Village.
- 3. Death of Nelson.
- 4. Politicians.
"5. Quizzical Comic Family.
- 6. Mankind are all Sailors.
- 7. Plains of Calabria.
The words of Nos. 3, 5, and 7 are given by Hogarth. Tom Dibdin wrote ' The Tortoise- shell Tom Cat ' for ' Bannister's Budget.'
1809. The Lion and The Water- Wagtail : A mock Heroic Poem, in three Cantos. By Castigator Aut per ridiculum aut severe dicere. Cicerol
