Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Contents
Ballads transformed -- Arias domesticated : The ladys entertainment and other early eighteenth-century anthologies -- With their symphonies : William Babell and The ladys entertainment books 3 and 4 -- Opera remix : Babell's Suits of 1717 -- After Babell : arrangements for ladies and gentlemen -- Afterthoughts.