Voice and keyboard
SKU: HH.HH582-FSC
Composed by Henry
Holcombe. Edited by
Michael Talbot. Full
score. Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH582-FSC.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH582-FSC).
ISBN
9790708185970.
Henr
y Holcombe (1690–1756),
born in Chester as the
son of a silk weaver,
became between 1720 and
his death one of the
leading English composers
in small-scale forms,
mainly vocal but also
instrumental. His
lifelong interest in
Italian language and
music led him to produce
a charming set of twelve
Italian canzonets
(published in 1753).
These songs for high
voice, male or female,
are unusual for their
genre in drawing their
texts from arias found in
operatic librettos rather
than from purpose-written
poetry. They are well
suited to both domestic
and concert use.
Individual canzonets will
make excellent
‘encore’ items, while
short sequences of them
will provide excellent
material for solo
recitals.
