Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Ballads Transformed 12
9. 2 Arias Domesticated: The Ladys Entertainment and Other Early Eighteenth-Century Anthologies 59
10. 3 With Their Symphonies: William Babell and The Ladys Entertainment Books 3 and 4 93
11. 4 Opera Remix: Babell’s Suits of 1717 119
12. 5 After Babell: Arrangements for Ladies and Gentlemen 156
13. 6 Afterthoughts 189
14. Appendix: The Ladys Banquet (Second Series): Contents, Concordances, and Dissemination 199
15. Notes 219
16. Bibliography 239
17. Index 251