Roger and Sue (Johann Adolph Hasse)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-05-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 156 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. The figued bass has been realised editorially.
General Information
Title: Roger and Sue
Composer: Johann Adolph Hasse
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1746
Description: From "Calliope or English Harmony. A Collection of the most celebrated English and Scots songs", London, 1746. Many of the songs from this collection were probably composed for the London pleasure gardens, particularly Vauxhall. The comedy in this piece derives from a common device of the period: the mis-match of a vulgar subject described demotically married with a high art (Italian opera seria) tune, in this instance 'Apenna amor sen nasce' from Hasse's Cleofide.