Author: James E. Matthew

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-17

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780266444626

Excerpt from A Popular History of Music: Musical Instruments, Ballet, and Opera, From St. Ambrose to Mozart In treating of our great English musician Henry Purcell, l have followed the guidance of Mr. W. H. Cummings - the acknowledged authority on a subject which he has made his own. I must also express my obligations to Mr. W. A. Barrett's excellent little book on Englz's/z Ckmfc/z Composers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.