Jeffery Wilson
The Bird Fancyer's Delight
Jeffery Wilson
The Bird Fancyer's Delight
- Instrumentation Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
- Composer Jeffery Wilson
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Brass Wind Publications
- Order no. BWP3603
Description:
The Bird Fancyer's Delight' was first published in 1717 in America as an instruction manual for the teaching of singing to caged birds using the then popular flageolet. I have used some of the tunes in this beguiling collection as material for the dialogue between the players.