in 18th-century anthologies Theatre works Peleus and Thetis, masque (by 1740) (text: G. Granville, Lord Lansdowne) [Overture pub. in Musica Britannica, vol. 13, 1957] Secular Masque (1745; fp. 1750) (text: J. Dryden) [Ov. pub. as Overture No. 6 in 12 Overtures, 1770] The Chaplet, musical entertainment in 2 parts (fp. 1749) (text: M. Mendez) [Overture pub. as Symphony No. 3 in 8 Symphonys, 1760] The Shepherd's Lottery, musical entertainment in 2 parts (fp. 1751) (text: M. Mendez) [Overture pub. as Symphony No. 4 in 8 Symphonys, 1760] The Tempest, masque (fp. 1757) (text: D. Garrick, after Shakespeare) Harlequin's Invasion, or A Christmas Gambol, pantomime (fp. 1759) (text: Garrick) a collaboration with M. Arne and T. Aylward Heart of Oak [The official march of the Royal Navy; originally written as part of Harlequin's Invasion] Music in other theatre works Dirge (in Cymbeline, tragedy; Shakespeare) (1746) 2 Songs (in Lethe, or Aesop in the Shades, farce; D. Garrick) (1749) Instrumental music (in The Roman Father, tragedy; W. Whitehead) (1750, lost) Pastoral interlude (in The Rehearsal, or Bays in Petticoats, comedy; Clive (1750) Dirge (in Romeo and Juliet, tragedy; Garrick, after Shakespeare) (1750) Song (in The Conscious Lovers, comedy; R. Steele) (ca. 1752) Song (in The Gamester, tragedy; E. Moore) (Feb 1753) Instrumental music (in Boadicea, tragedy; R. Glover) (1753, lost) Music for animating the statue, 3-pt song (in Florizel and Perdita, or The Winter's Tale, comedy; Garrick, after Shakespeare) (1756) 2 Songs, duet (in Amphitryon, comedy; J. Hawkesworth, after J. Dryden) (1756) 2 Odes (in Agis, tragedy; J. Home) (1758) Other songs by Boyce adapted in: The Temple of Peace (1749); Midas (1762); Love in the Village (1762); The Royal Chase (ca. 1765); The Summer's Tale (1765); The Disappointment, or The Force of Credulity (1767); Tom Jones (1769); Harlequin's Museum, or Mother Shipton Triumphant (1792) Court odes Pierian sisters hail the morn, ode for the King's Birthday, 1755 [Overture pub. in Musica Britannica, vol. 13, 1957] Hail! hail! auspicious day, ode for New Year's Day, 1756 [Overture pub. as Symphony No. 1 in 8 Symphonys, 1760] When Caesar's natal day, ode for the King's Birthday, 1756 [Overture pub. as Symphony No. 2 in 8 Symphonys, 1760] While Britain, in her monarch blest, ode for New Year's Day, 1757 Rejoice, ye Britons, hail the day!, ode for the King's Birthday, 1757 Behold, the circle forms! prepare!, ode for New Year's Day, 1758 [Overture