the full and perfect expression of all that was fair and sweet and healthy in this England of ours; “all thoughts, all passions, all delights,” that our English nature is capable of find a voice in his music—­if only we will take the trouble to listen to it.  He is neglected, it is true, but he is immortal:  time is nothing:  he can wait.  If our age neglects him, his age neglected Shakespeare.  Shakespeare’s time came; Purcell’s cannot be for ever delayed.

LIST OF WORKS.

Music for over fifty dramas, including Dioclesian (1690), King Arthur (1692), Bonduca, The Indian Queen, and The Tempest (1695).

Over two hundred songs, duets, catches, etc.

Twelve sonatas of three parts (1683), ten of four parts (published 1697). Harpsichord Lessons (published 1696).  A number of fantasias for strings.

About one hundred anthems; a quantity of sacred music apparently not for Church use; Te Deum and Jubilate in D; complete service in B flat; evening service in G minor.

BELL’S MINIATURE SERIES OF MUSICIANS

COMPANION SERIES TO Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters

Each volume 6-1/4 X 4 inches, price 1s. net; or in limp leather, with photogravure frontispiece, 2s. net.

EDITED BY
G.C.  WILLIAMSON.  LITT.D.

NOW READY.

BACH.  By E.H.  THORNE. 
BEETHOVEN.  By J.S.  SHEDLOCK, B.A. 
BRAHMS. By HERBERT ANTCLIFFE. 
CHOPIN.  By E.J.  OLDMEADOW. 
GOUNOD.  By HENRY TOLHURST.
GRIEG.  By E. MARKHAM LEE, M.A., MUS.D. 
HANDEL.  By W.H.  CUMMINGS, MUS.D., F.S.A.,
             Principal of the Guildhall School of Music. 
HAYDN.  By JOHN F. RUNCIMAN. 
MENDELSSOHN.  By the late VERNON BLACKBURN. 
MOZART.  By EBENEZER PROUT, Professor of
             Music, Dublin University, B.A., Mus.D. 
PURCELL.  By JOHN F. RUNCIMAN. 
ROSSINI.  By W. ARMINE BEVAN. 
SCHUMANN.  By E.J.  OLDMEADOW. 
SULLIVAN.  By H. SAXE WYNDHAM, Secretary
             of the Guildhall School of Music. 
TCHAIKOVSKI.  By E. MARKHAM LEE, M.A., Mus.D. 
VERDI.  By ALBERT VISETTI. 
WAGNER.  By JOHN F. RUNCIMAN.

Others to follow.

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