Compositions by John Percy

AuthorPercy, John.
BL Title Six Pastoral Ariettas ... Dedicated to the Honble Miss Beauclerk ... Op.iii.
Publisher/year [London] : J. Bland, for the Author, [1785?]
Physical descr.obl 4.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(1.)
System number004575836
Full Title Six Pastoral Ariettas Composed and humbly Dedicated to the Honourable Miss Beauclerk by John Percy Opus III.
Cover Two muses?, right one with a set of panpipes on the ground beside her, both giving branches of flowering plant to a bust of Bacchus? (bearded, with two small horns, could be a satyr or Pan). Woodland either side of figures - deciduous on left, conifer on right.

Review in The European Magazine, and London Review


AuthorPercy, John.
Title Six Arietts ... Dedicated to the Honble Miss Caroline Beauclerk ... Op.iv, etc.
Publisher/year [London] : Printed for the Author, [1786.]
Physical descr.obl 4.
General note With an engraved titlepage by J. Sanders.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(2.)
System number004575814
Full Title Six Arietts Composed and humbly Dedicated to the Honourable Miss Caroline Beauclerk by John Percy Opus IV
N.B. This Set may be Sung either by one or two Voices.
Cover A muse? with a flute and a shepherd's crook on the ground beside her, holds one end of a ribbon, and a winged cherub holds the other end. A sheep and a ram in the pastoral background. Wreath of leaves around the dedication. Reeds behind the muse.

AuthorPercy, John.
Title Six Arietts nello stile veneziano ... Dedicated to Miss Mayersbach ... Opera 5th.
Publisher/year London : Printed for Longman & Broderip, [1785?]
Physical descr.obl 4.
General note A different work from the preceding.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(3.)
System number004575817
Full Title Six Arietts Nello stile veneziano, Composed and humbly Dedicated to Miss Mayersbach by John Percy Opera 5th. Price 5s.
Cover See illustration.

AuthorPercy, John.
Title Six Arietts ... Dedicated to the Honble Miss Stuart ... Opera 5th.
Publisher/year London : Printed for the Author, [1785?]
Physical descr.obl 4.
General note Another copy of B.400.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(4.)
System number004575816
Full Title Six Arietts Composed and humbly Dedicated to the Honourable Miss Stuart By J. PERCY Opera 5th. Price 5s.
Cover Classical flat oval cartouche of bound reed? Pipes, flute, tambourine, and ?? at base in a group. Patch of ground with rushes at left. Classical podium cherub at right and young satyr aloft at left, draping it with flower ropes.

AuthorPercy, John.
Title English Sonnets selected from the Works of Spencer ... Inscribed to Mrs Townly Ward ... Opera 7th.
Publisher/year [London] : Printed for the Author, [1788?]
Physical descr.obl 4.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(5.)
System number004575822
Full Title English Sonnets Selected from the Works of Spencer Composed and humbly Inscribed to Mrs. Townley Ward by I.Percy Opera 7th. Price 5s.
Cover Full page illustrated by old ruins. Colosseum? and a column topped by statue at left, with fallen column fragments below. Right pyramid at rear, small sphinx at fore,further right part of a circular ruin (mausoleum?) with a fallen fragment in front. Dedication is 'carved' on a large squarish broken block of stone at centre.

AuthorPercy, John.
Title Six Arietts ... dedicated to Miss Duncomb ... Op. 9th.
Publisher/year [London] : The Author, [1789?]
Physical descr.obl 4.
Shelf MarkB.400.a.(6.)
System number004575818
Full Title Six Arietts Composed and humbly Dedicated to Miss Duncombe, by I.Percy. Opus 9th. Price 5s.
Cover Square picture, top to bottom. Classical urn with whispy plant draped from it, atop a stone block. Rushes, front corners. Dedication printed on a sheet of paper draped against the block.