The Musical Tour of Mr. Dibdin - Dibdin, Charles 1745-1814 (Sheffield Gales, 1788)
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was an English composer, musician, dramatist, novelist, singer and actor. With over 600 songs to his name, for many of which he wrote both the lyrics and the music and performed them himself, he was in his time the most prolific English singer-songwriter. He also wrote about 30 dramatic pieces, including the operas The Waterman (1774) and The Quaker (1775), and several novels, memoirs and histories.
See also record 10H02 for a collection of 89 songs, mostly on the theme of the sea, many from Dibdin's own mono dramatic entertainments.
For more information on theatre practice of the time, see the autobiography of Charles' son Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841), records 04E14 & 04E15
Ex libris Sir John Smith, Bart. (plate)
Bound in brown leather, marbled endpapers
in Which, previous to his embarkation to India, he finished his career as a public character
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Travel; Music history; Cultural history; United Kingdom