A Short History of English Music

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Ford Ernest. A Short History of English Music

A Short History of English Music

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PREFACE

SHORT HISTORY OF MUSIC IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER I. MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION

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CHAPTER II. MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE REFORMATION—(continued)

"There were three ravens sat on a tree."

"How should I your true love know?"

"And will he not come again?"

"St. Valentine's Day."[9]

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CHAPTER III. EARLY ENGLISH COMPOSERS

THOMAS TALLIS (OR TALLYS)

WILLIAM BYRD

ORLANDO GIBBONS

HENRY PURCELL

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CHAPTER IV. THE DECLINE OF ENGLISH MUSIC

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CHAPTER V. MUSICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND

PAST

PRESENT

CONCLUSION

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CHAPTER VI. PROGRESS OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

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CHAPTER VII. ORATORIO IN ENGLAND

THE "MESSIAH."

THE "CREATION."

"ELIJAH."

"THE LAST JUDGMENT."

"THE REDEMPTION" AND "THE GOLDEN LEGEND."

"THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS."

CHAPTER VIII. OPERA IN ENGLAND

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CHAPTER IX. DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS IN ENGLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT

SIMS REEVES

MADAME NORMAN-NERUDA (LADY HALLÉ)

SIR CHARLES HALLÉ

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN

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CHAPTER X. GENERAL SURVEY

INDEX

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Ernest Ford

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Prince Henry: Or an old lion; or a lover's lute.

"Falstaff: Yea, or the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe."

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