About William Shield
William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist who was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, the son of William Shield and his wife, Mary, née Cash. Life and musical career Shield was first taught music by his father but, after both he and his mother died while Shield was still a child, he was apprenticed to a ship-builder in South Shields, continuing however to study music with Charles Avison in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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6 String Quartets, Op. 3: No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Aria con variazione
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6 String Quartets, Op. 3: No. 5 in D Major: II. Adagio
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String Trio no. 9 in A major: I. Andante e cantabile
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String Trio in F Major (1811): I. Allegro
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When Bidden to the Wake or Fair
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Violin Duets in E-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 5: I. Adagio
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Light as thistledown
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Rosina / Act 1: Whilst with village maids
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When William at Eve
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Rosina / Act 1: When William, at eve
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Dear Little Shamrock
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String Trio in F Major (1811): III. Scherzo - Giuco: Alla Sclavonia
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String Trio No. 2 in D Major: II. Molto adagio
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String Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major: II. Largo
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String Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major: III. Giuco: Tempo stra-ordinatio ma non troppo presto
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String Trio in A Major (1811): II. Allegro
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String Trio in F Major (1811): II. Andantino
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String Trio in A Major (1811): I. Andante e cantabile
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String Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro
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Light As Thiestledown
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Rosina / Act 2: Light as thistledown
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String Trio No. 3 in A Major: I. Allegro
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String Trio No. 3 in A Major: II. Andante Grazioso
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String Trio in G Major (1811): I. Allegro
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String Trio No. 2 in D Major: III. Rondeau: Allegro
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String Trio No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro
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String Trio in A Major (1811): III. Romance: Larghetto
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String Trio in G Major (1811): III. Rondo: Allegro
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Rosina / Act 1: Overture
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Hartford Bridge: Overture: II. Allegro
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Rosina / Act 2: "Sweet transports"
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Rosina / Act 2: "To bless and to be blest"
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String Trio in G Major (1811): II. Siciliano: Larghetto
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String Trio No. 5 in C Major: I. Larghetto e sostenuto
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Rosina / Act 1: "When rosy morn appearing"
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'Tis Only No Harm To Know It, You Know
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I. Aria con variazione
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String Trio No. 5 in C Major: II. Tempo di ciaccona
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String Trio No. 3 in A Major: III. Un Giuoco
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String Trio in A Major (1811): IV. Waltz
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Rosina / Act 1: "See, my dear Phoebe...When William, at eve"
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Hartford Bridge: Overture: I. Preludio
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Poor Barbara
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Rosina / Act 1: "By this fountain's flow'ry side"
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Rosina / Act 1: "By dawn to the downs"
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Rosina / Act 1: "Hist, there's his Honour...Her mouth, which a smile"
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Rosina / Act 1: "See, ye swains"
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Rosina / Act 2: "There is Phoebe...Henry cull'd the flow'ret's Bloom"
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Rosina / Act 2: "Unveil your whole heart"
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Auld Lang Syne
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