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Carey, Henry

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Carey, Henry (1687-1743)

English poet and musician. He wrote the song ‘Sally in Our Alley’. ‘God Save the King’ (both words and music) has also been attributed to him.

Carey was a pupil of Thomas Roseingrave and Francesco Geminiani. He wrote libretti for John Lampe's operas The Dragon of Wantley, Margery, and Amelia.

Works

Stage

ballad operas The Contrivances (1729), A Wonder, or the Honest Yorkshireman (1735), Nancy, or the Parting Lovers (1739), and others; songs for Vanbrugh and Cibber's The Provok'd Husband.

Other

cantatas and songs to his own words.



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