Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839
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Bird Cage, The (t)  //1/35//2/46//53/13  DA-E  Johnson CD-6, 1751  23  VN/GF 
Bird Catcher (t)  //11/3212//35/5//22/4321  AI-A  Balls Amus 2, 1815  3  FL/FI/VN 
Bird Catcher, The (t)  //11/3212//35/5//22/4321//  AM-A  Bevens MS, 1825  33r  FI 
Bird Catcher, The (t)  //11/3212//35/5//22/4321  AI-A  Riley Flute 1, 1814  44  FL 
Bird Catchers, The (t)  //1/17-12//1/5-//35/42//1  DA-E  Longman CD, 1781  3  VN/OB/GF 
Bird Catchers, The (t)  //1/17-12//1/5-//35/42  DA-E  Thompson CD-4, 1780  66  VN/GF/OB 
Bird Catchers, The (t)  //1/17-12//1/5-//35/42//  DA-E  Thompson CD-4a, 1780  66  VN/GF/OB 
Bird entrap'd within her cage, The (fl)  //556/5434//56-543/11+//1+76/56543/
/2 		 BA-E  Lovers Opera, 1730  24  VO 
Bird Fancier, The (t)  //2+1+/74//35/1+3+//72+/61+  DA-E  Thompson CD-7.3, 1799  28  MI 
Bird of May (it)    BA-E  Mad-House, 1737  18-19   
Bird of May (it)    BA-E  Rehearsal, 1737  18   
Bird of may (fl)  //15-31/6//5237-/1//15-31  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.4  121  VO,KB+FL 
Bird of may, leave the spray (fl)  //15-31/6//5237-/1//15-31  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,58  VO,B+FL 
Bird of may, leave ye spray (fl)  //15-31/6//5237-/1//15-31/6  SC-E  Musical Ent-1, 1740  17  VO,KBF 
Bird that from the lime twig flies, The (fl)  //671+6/53//4321/7-1//2345/671+  SC-E  Clio-2, 1759  144  VO,HAF 
Bird, that Hears, &c,the (it)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  18   
Bird that hears her nestling cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//123/2123//456-5/5443  AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  43-44  VO 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  AM-A  Cary MS, 1797  99  VO 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  SC-E  Clio-4, 1778  6-7  VO,HA+GF 
Bird That Hears Her Nestlings Cry, The (t)  //5321/12//12322/23//4565/5443  AM-A  Kingsley MS, 1795  I,30  MI 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321//23//4565/5443  SC-E  Ritson, 1783  TI,191-192;MIII,90-91  VO 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  5  MI,VO,KB+MI 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  SS-E  SS, Huntington-2  11  VO,KB+GF 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  60  MI,VO,HA+GF 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  91  VO,B+GF 
Bird that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/13//2123/23//4665/5443  AM-A  Van Renssel. MS, 1782  I,9  VO,KB 
Bird, That Hears Her Nestlings Cry, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  200-201  VO/VN/GF 
Bird, that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SC-E  Vocal Music, 1778  200-201  VO/VN/GF 
Bird, that hears her nestlings cry, The (fl)    SC-E  Watts MM-3, 1730  T136-137M134-135+137  VO,HA+FL 
Bird That Hears Hir Nestling Cry, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4564/5443//  MS-E  Malecot MS, 1779  14  VN 
Bird That Hears, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  AM-A  Hawkins MS, 1794  II,26  GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/13//2123/23//4665/5443  AM-A  Cabot MS, 1784  21  2GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  AM-A  Cary MS, 1797  99  VO 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  SC-E  Clio-4, 1778  6-7  VO,HA+GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//5465/5443//32/
5- 		 IC-E  Longman Flute, 1769  32  GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443//  AM-A  Patten MS, 1800  19  MI 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/6543  AI-A  Riley Flute 1, 1814  71  FL 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, Folger-C52  5  MI,VO,KB+MI 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C694  60  MI,VO,HA+GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  91  VO,B+GF 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/12//123/2123//456-5/5443  AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  43-44  VO 
Bird, The (it)    AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  T44M43  VO 
Bird, The (t)  //3-5-1/7-24//354/321//7-24/327-  DA-E  Thompson CD-3, 1773  44  VN/GF/OB 
Bird, The (t)  //3-5-1/7-24//354/321//7-24/327-//  DA-E  Thompson CD-3a, 1773  87  VN/GF/OB 
Bird, The (t)  //5321/13//2123/23//4665/5443  AM-A  Van Renssel. MS, 1782  I,9  VO,KB 
Bird, The, A Song (t)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443//  AM-A  Hoff MS, 1797  No. 110  GF 
Bird, The (t), or Favourite Song, A (at)  //5321/12//12321/23//4565/5443  SS-E  SS, Huntington-2  11  VO,KB+GF 
Bird Waltz (t)  //1-//3//1//3//1//3//  AM-A  Pynchon MS, 1797  28v  MI 
Bird whom fate oppressing, The (fl)    BA-E  Devil Duke-1, 1732  28-29   
Bird whom fate oppressing, The (fl)  //53/321//2/5-1+//53/4323  BA-E  Devil Duke-2, 1732  T28-29M14  VO,HAF 
Bird whom fate oppressing, The (fl)    BA-S  Devil Duke-3, 1733  35   
Birds and the beasts were convened, The (fl)  //5-6-5-/12//34-3/22//36-7-/123-  BA-E  Momus Turnd Fab, 1729  34  VO 
Birds began on ev'ry spray, The (fl)  //12/35//435432/33//213217-/1135  SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  33  VO,KBF+GT 
Birds In the Aire (t)  //2554//43/655//4343/3212  AM-A  Hawkins MS, 1794  I,1  GF 
Bird's Nest, The (t)  //54321//654567//71+5  SC-S  Edinburgh MM-2, 1793  262-233(263)  VO 
Birds Nest, The (t)  //54321//654567//71+5//64456//571+6
53 		 SS-E  SS, Boston PL-2  112  VO,KBF+GF 
Birds no more shall sing, The (fl)  //6567/56//4345/36//2432  SC-E  Amaryllis, 1760  I,68  GF,VO,HAF+FL 
Birds who wing their way through air, The (fl)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  18   
Biribi, Le (t)  /63+//1+76/75//67/1+2+//3+6/  IC-F  Leclerc Recueil-3, 1738  148  HAF 
Birkhead's Masque, (at). Jack of the Green (t), or  //7-2/1231/2//2+3+2+/25/321//7-2  PL-E  Playford 3-2, 1726  56  VN 
Birkheads Masque (at). Jack of the Green (t), or  //7-2/1231/2//2+3+2+/25/321//7-2/12
31/2 		 DA-E  Walsh CD-3.3, 1749  38  VN/OB/GF 
Birkhead's Masque (at). Jack of the Green (t), or  //7-2/1231/2//2+3+2+/25/321//7-2  DA-E  Walsh NCDM-3, 1728  123  VN/OB/FL 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-/
/ 		 AM-A  Brown, J. MS, 1782  1:4   
Birks of Abberfeldy (t)  //1-2-/3-5-//5-1/15-//12/16-  AI-A  Riley Flute 3, 1820  56  FL 
Birks of Aberfeldie, The (t)  //1351+/543//1+3+2+1+/2+223//1351+/
543 		 MS-E  Hammersley MS, 1790  100  MI 
Birks of Aberfeldy (it)    SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  T116M115-116  VO,PF 
Birks of Aberfeldy, The (t)  //1-2-3-5-/1116-//1216-/7-12123//1-
2-3-5-/12332 		 SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  115-116  VO,PF 
Birks of Aberfeldy, The (bt)  //1-2-3-5-/1116-//1216-/7-12123//1-
2-3-5-/12332 		 SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  115-116  VO,PF 
Birks of Abergelde, The (t)  //1235/1+76//1+76/71+2+55//1235/1+2
+3+2+ 		 DA-E  Walsh CD-2.3, 1735  62  VN/OB/GF/CF 
Birks of Abergeldie (t)  //1-2-3-5-/116-//116-/12123//1-2-3-
5-/1232 		 IC-S  Aird 3, 1788  166  FI/GF/VN 
Birks of Abergeldie (t)    AM-A  Essex MS, 1830  11r   
Birks of Abergeldie (t)    SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  T116M115-116  VO,PF 
Birks of Abergeldie (it)  //1-2-3-5-/1116-//1216-/7-12123//1-
2-3-5-/12332 		 SC-S  Scots MM-2, 1788  115-116  VO,PF 
Birks of Abergeldie a Reel, The (t)  //1235/1+76//1+76/71+2+1+2+3+//1235
/1+2+3+2+ 		 MS-S  Gillespie MS, 1768  99  VN 
Birks of Abergeldie (Old Scotch) (t)  //1235/1+1+5//1+1+5/2+1+2+3+//1235/
1+2+3+2+// 		 DA-E  Wilson Companion, 1816  79  MI 
Birks of Abergeldie, The (t)  //1235/1+1+6//1+1+6/71+2+1+2+3+//12
35/1+2+3+2+// 		 IC-S  Stewart Reels, 1775  3  VN/GF,VC/HA 
Birks of Dunbayne (t)  //3667/1+2+3+1+/7556/71+2+7//3667/1
+2+3+6+// 		 AI-A  Davies CD, 1819  2  PF 
Birks of Endermay (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 AM-A  Beck MS, 1786  155  GF 
Birks of Endermay (t)  //51+/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/3-4-
5-1-2-// 		 MS-E  Malecot MS, 1779  9  VN 
Birks of Endermay (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
// 		 MS-C  Molyneaux MS-1, 1788  60-61  GF 
Birks of Endermay (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-E  Musical Ent-2, 1740  48  VO,HAF+FL 
Birks of Endermay (t)  //2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-  DA-E  Skillern CD, 1780  47  VN/GF/OB 
Birks of Endermay, The (t)  //2+1+2+3+/61+//5653/51+5//356  SC-E  Calliope, 1746  I,130  VO,B+FL 
Birks of Endermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-14-
 		 AM-A  Kingsley MS, 1795  I,26  MI 
Birks of Endermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-E  Orpheus Cal-2, 1733  T98MOP98+II,4  VO,HA+GF 
Birks of Endermay, The (it)    AI-A  Reconciliation, 1790  11   
Birks of Endermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  310  VO,KB+FL 
Birks of Endermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-  SS-E  SS, Folger-C42.3  310  VO,KB+FL 
Birks of Endermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-5-//5-
15-//3- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF,B 
Birks of Endermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-5-//5-
15-//3- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF,B 
Birks of Endermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-  SS-E  SS, New York PL-C695  105  VO,HA+GF 
Birks of Endermay, The (t), or Song 43 (at)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-E  Orpheus Cal-2, 1733  T98MOP98+II,4  VO,HA+GF 
Birks of Envermay (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/3-4-5
-1-2-// 		 MS-E  Malecot MS, 1779  15  VN 
Birks of Envery, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-6//5-6-5-3-/5-1//
 		 AM-A  Bevens MS, 1825  4v  FI 
Birks of Indermay (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
//3- 		 AM-A  Simpson MS, 1750  II,7  FL 
Birks of Indermay, The (t)    MS-S  Fife MS, 1780  90  1FI OR 2FI/VN 
Birks of Invermay (it)    BA-S  Coup De Main, 1784  6   
Birks of Invermay (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
// 		 IC-E  Peacock Scotch Airs, 1762  20  VN/GF/VC, HAF 
Birks of Invermay; How Fly the Gentle Hours Away (it)    BA-S  Jack And Sue, 1790  169-170   
Birks of Invermay (at). Song 77(79) (t), or  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-E  Calliope, 1788  152-153  VO 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 AI-A  Caladonian Muse, 1798  1  VO/PF/VN 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-25-
 		 SC-S  Edinburgh MM-1, 1792  20-21  VO 
Birks of Invermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-25-
 		 SC-S  Edinburgh MM-1, 1792  20-21  VO 
Birks of Invermay, The (bt)    BA-E  Gentle Shepherd, 1798  26   
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
// 		 AM-A  Irving MS, 1796  41  1 MI 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1/5-6-5-3-/5-15-/
/3- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+GF 
Birks of Invermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1/5-6-5-3-/5-15-/
/3- 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1  VO,KBF+GF 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1  AI-A  Scots MM, 1797  1L-R  VO,HA/PF 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-S  Scots MM-1, 1787  73  VO,PF 
Birks of Invermay, The (bt)  //56/5321//2123/6-1//5-6-5-3-/5-15-
 		 SC-S  Scots MM-1, 1787  73  VO,PF 
Birks of Invermay, The (t)  //56/532//2123/51//5-6-5-3-/5-15-//
3- 		 AI-A  Select Songster, 1786  47-48  VO 
Birks of Invermay, The (it)    BA-S  William & Lucy, 1780  12   
Birmingham Lads and Lasses (t)    AI-A  Ladies and Gent's Comp, 1803  29   
Birmingham Lasses (t)  //11/123//2/1//33/345  AI-A  Goodale Dir, 1819  71  MI,B 
Birmingham Lasses (t)  //11/123//2/1//33/345  AI-A  Goodale Dir, 1829  74  MI,B 
Birmingham March (t)  //556/445//311/123//445/334  AI-A  Instrum Asst-2, 1807  18  2MI,2HN,B 
Biron, La (t)  /36//53/67//1+/2+1+//76/  IC-F  Leclerc Recueil-2, 1737  117  HAF 
Birth Day Minuet (t)  //3455//5564453//2344//4453342//345
5//556445// 		 DA-E  Wilson Companion, 1816  170  MI 
Birth Day of Freedom, The (t)  //5-5-5-/5-15-//3-3-3-/3-5-3-//2-4-
6-/5-4-3-2- 		 AI-A  Blake Amus 2, 1824  12  CL 
Birth Day of Phillis, The (t)  //1+3+2+1+7//1+55//61+7654//35//654
321 		 SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  119,1-2  VO,HAF+GF 
Birth day of Phillis, The (fl)  //1+3+2+1+7//1+55//61+7654//35//654
321 		 SS-E  SS, Boston PL-1  119,1-2  VO,HAF+GF 
Birth Day of Phillis, The (t)  //1+3+2+1+7//1+55//61+7654//35//654
321 		 SS-E  SS, Harvard  1-2  VO,KBF+GF 
Birth Day, The (t)  //1/2143//2/57-27-//11/3212  IC-E  Balls Amus 3, 1815  16  FL/VN 
Birth Day, The (t)  //13/35//61+/53//46/24  DA-E  Thompson CD-6.7, 1795  80  MI 
Birth Night, The (t)  //67/1+7//61+76/53//67/1+7  DA-E  Skillern CD, 1780  98  VN/GF/OB 
Birth Night, The (t)  //67/1+7//61+/76//53//67/1+7//  DA-E  Straight & Skillern CD, 1775  26  VN/GF/OB 
Birth of Harlequin (it)    BA-E  Devil Duke-1, 1732  4   
Birth of Harlequin (it)  //121/25//31/53//1+2+1+/2+5  BA-E  Devil Duke-2, 1732  T4M5  VO,HAF 
Birth of Harlequin (it)    BA-S  Devil Duke-3, 1733  13-14   
Birth of Harlequin (it)    BA-E  Fancy'd Queen, 1733  19   
Birth of Harlequin (t)  //121/25//31/53//1+2+1/2+5//31  IC-E  Simpson Record, 1745  25  RC 
Birth of Harlequin, The (t)  //121/25//31/53//1+2+1+/2+5//31  TW-E  Perseus & Andr, 1763  13  HA/GF/VN/GT 
Birth of Kisses, The (t)  //432/123//535/61+//54/321  IC-E  Caledonian PC, 1760  X,13  GF/VN 
Birth of Liberty (t)  //5-13//321//26-6-//6-7-//15-5-5-5-
15- 		 AI-A  Riley Flute 2, 1817  45  FL 
Birth-Day, The (it)    BA-S  Disappointed G, 1738  24-25   
Birth-Day, The (t)  /11//6-6-/242//7-5-/11//6-6-/  AM-A  Duport MS-2, 1800  21v  VN 
Birthday, The, Done at Richmond 1821 on the Evening of Febry 22d. No.51(t)  /11//6-6-/2342//7-5-/11//6-6-/  AM-A  Duport MS-1, 1780  50  VN 
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