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[19] Master Norris had been a chorister in Salisbury Cathedral; he was born in 1741, and seems to have continued singing soprano up to 1762. His voice must have been in a transition state. He sang at the Gloucester Festival of 1766 as a tenor. He became organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; a Mus. Bac., and a singer of good repute.

[20] The audience was much incommoded by the wet; incessant September rain poured through the roof, and converted the floor into a swamp. Eventually the four hundred people who were present, wet through, took refuge on the benches and orchestra.

[21] Mr. William Mawhood, born in 1723, died in 1797, was a merchant, residing in West Smithfield, and an accomplished musical amateur. An account of him will be found in the _Musical Times_ of January, 1910, written by Mr. Barclay Squire.

[22] Michael Arne, his son.

[23] Mrs. Michael Arne, the popular vocalist, Elizabeth Wright.

[24] Miss Abrams.

[25] Miss Weller and her sister.

[26] David Garrick's brother.

[27] Mary Barthelemon, _née_ Young.

[28] Proved. 16 March, 1778, by Cecilia Arne, widow, relict of the deceased, one of the executors with power reserved, 21 March, 1778, by Michael Arne, son of the deceased, the other executor named in the will.

[29] nephew by marriage of Mrs. Arne.

[30] The date of production is uncertain.

[31] The autograph in my possession.--W. H. C.

[32] Cliefden House, originally erected for George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, was built of red brick with stone dressings, having at each end a square wing connected with the main building by a colonnade, and fronted by a magnificent terrace four hundred and forty feet long. The Duke expended large sums on the house and grounds; for the latter, consisting of about one hundred and thirty-six acres, he procured, regardless of cost, the choicest specimens of trees, shrubs and flowers, native and foreign, and so enhanced the natural beauties of the site that it was reputed to surpass all other estates in England. At the death of the Duke, Cliefden was purchased by Lord George Hamilton, afterwards Earl of Orkney; he died without male issue, and the property and title passed to his daughter. She leased the estate to the Prince of Wales, who regularly resided there until his death in 1751. The splendid mansion was destroyed by fire on the 20th of May, 1795, owing to the carelessness of a maidservant, who, whilst reading in bed, was startled by the curtains bursting into flame. With the exception of the wings, the building was entirely burnt, together with valuable furniture, tapestry and paintings. Sir George Warrender bought the estate and rebuilt the house in 1830. At his death it was sold to the Duke of Sutherland, and on the 15th of March, 1849, fire again destroyed the building, which was afterwards rebuilt from designs by Barry.

[33] A mistake; the "Judgement of Paris" was written by Congreve.

[34] Arquebusade water was a concoction of spirits and herbs commonly applied to gunshot wounds.

[35] Dr. Burney observes, "Lowe had the finest tenor voice I ever heard in my life."

[36] "This day was rehears'd at Drury-Lane Theatre a Masque entitled 'Alfred,' in order to be represented before the Prince and Princess, at Cliefden House on the first of August."--(_Gent. Mag._, July 28th, 1740.)

[37] When "Alfred" was performed at Drury Lane Theatre, in 1751, the part for the Hermit was deleted and the drama concluded with the Ode, which was cut down to four verses. The solos were sung alternately by Alfred and Eltruda (Mr. Beard and Signora Frasi).

[38] Commentary on the practice of securing seats at Drury Lane Theatre is to be found in the "Private correspondence" addressed to David Garrick: "SIR.--The many proofs you have given the town of your desire to oblige them, encourage me to propose to you a scheme no less advantageous than useful to the public, especially the polite part of it. The alterations lately made in your theatre for the convenience of the spectators, naturally suggested to me an inconvenience arising from the servants who are sent to keep places. I have, with concern, seen a lady finely dressed forced to sit down by a servant whose clothes and feet have been very dirty, and behaviour extremely offensive; it has happened, to my knowledge, that some servants, in order to follow their own pleasures, have hired common porters of the street to keep their places, whose company better suited a prison than a place of polite entertainment."

Signed T. B. Nov. 25, 1762.

[39] Handel gave a performance of his Oratorio "Joseph" at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, on the 21st of March, 1745.

[40] The singers in 1751 were Mrs. Arne, Signora Galli' Signora Frasi, Miss Young, Mr. Beard, Mr. Baker, Signor Guadagni.

INDEX.

Abbey Glee Club, 53

Abrams, 81, 91

Acis and Galatea, 8, 23, 28

Addison, 3, 4, 9

Ah me, what fears, 132

Alas, the horrors, 70

Aldrich, 66

Alexander's Feast, 93

Alfred, 15, 20, 33, 41, 46, 114, 116, 122, 124

Alfred, go forth, 121

Allegro, 20

Amelia, Princess, 10

Amphitryon, 29

Anderson, 134

Angels ever bright, 132

Arcadian nuptials, 62

ARNE-- Actor, 30 At Cliefden, 114 At Eton, 3, 6 At Stratford-on-Avon, 67 Birth of composer, 1 Burial, 101 Conductor, 35 Death, 96 Employs ladies in Choir, 51 Father of composer, 1 First composition, 9 Flautist, 7 Grandfather of composer, 1, 4 Harpsichordist, 22 His will, 98 In Dublin, 19 In Edinburgh, 40 Introduces P.F. accomp., 51 Leaves wife in Dublin, 46 Marriage, 21 Member Soc. of Mus., 14 Mother of composer, 2, 11, 13, 15 Mus. Doc. Oxon, 49 Reunited to wife, 94 Son Michael born, 38 Violinist, 8, 22, 125 Wife of composer, 2, 11, 13, 15, 20, 22, 24, 46, 57, 72, 94, 102, 115, 125, 127

Arne, Edward, 4

Arne, Michael, bro. of composer, 9

Arne, Michael, Mrs., 79

Arne, Michael, son of composer, 38, 62, 77, 92, 97, 101

Arne, Susanna, sis. of composer, 9

Arnold, 92, 102

Artaxerxes, 54, 61

As you like it, 17, 28

Attwood, 136

Augusta, Princess, 12, 112

Baddely, 67, 70

Baildon, 24, 27, 66, 127

Baker, 127, 129

Banks, 2

Barbarini, 114

Barbatielli, 29

Barbier, 9

Barnes, 4

Barry, 34, 84

Barthelemon, 50, 74

Barthelemon, Mrs., 67, 95, 102

Barthelemon, Cecelia M., 94, 115

Bartholomew fair, 113

Battle Symphony, 133

Bayly, 47

Beard, 13, 15, 17, 49, 55, 58, 61, 121, 129

Beethoven, 133

Beggar's Opera, 29, 49, 61

Beviamo tutti tre, 66

Bickerstaff, 49, 58, 81

Billington, 57

Blow, thou winter wind, 17

Bradford, 73

Braham, 57

Breathe the pipe, 52

Brent, 41, 43, 45, 49, 55, 60, 85

Brickler, 51

Britannia, rouse, at heaven's command, 131

Brown, 57, 67

Busby, 92

Butler, 45

By dimpled brook, 13

Calkin, 134

Capricious lovers, 81

Caractacus, 91

Catches and Glees, 64, 76

Cathedrals, Dublin, 23

Catley, 61

Cervetto, 15

Chambers, 9

Champness, 67, 80

Chappell, 130

Charles, 25

Chateauneuf, 30

Chi scherza colle rose, 20

Churchill, 54

Cibber, 10, 13, 19, 35, 58, 79, 84

Cliefden, 111

Clive, 13, 16, 37, 81, 116, 118

Colgan, 23, 27, 125

Colin and Phoebe, 37

Collins, 129

Colman, 73

Come, follow me, 70

Come, if you dare, 68, 80

Come, shepherds, we'll follow, 63, 102

Comus, 12, 19, 24, 28, 33, 40, 44, 61

Comus's Court, 14

Concerto, 92

Congreve, 15, 114, 124

Connel, 127

Corfe, 9

Cornelys, 52

Coronation Anthem, 23

Corry, 43

Country girl at court, 82

Covent Garden Theatre riot, 61

Cramer, 134

Crown and Anchor, 53

Cumberland, Duke of, 10

Cymbeline, 49

Dalton, 12

Dance, 134

Daphne and Amintor, 81

Davis, 24, 27

Death of Abel, 28, 31, 92

Death of Nelson, 65

Delany, 12, 47

Delicæ Musicæ, 66

Dibdin, 51, 77

Dido and Æneas, 10

Dirge, 71

Dodsley, 39

Dragon of Wantley, 22, 30, 40

Drury Lane Theatre, 10, 35, 61

Dryden, 68

Dubourg, 23, 27

Edwards, 16

Elfrida, 79

Eliza, 41, 49

Esther, 20, 38

Eton College, 3, 6

Fairest Isle, 70

Fairies, 40

Faramond, 20

Farinelli, 20

Father of Mercies, 52

Fawcett, 52, 60, 73

Fergusson, 51

Festing, 7, 14

Fielding, 9, 76

Fishamble Street room, 69

Fisher, 76

Fitzpatrick, 62

Fleet prison, 4

Foote, 81

Forest, 74

Foster, 13

Fox, 77

Frasi, 121, 129

Frederick, Prince of Wales, 111, 116

From the eternal regions, 118

From yonder bower, 33

Frost scene, 70

Gainsborough, 7

Galli, 129

Gamble, 135

Garrick, 12, 15, 21, 35, 58, 61, 67, 77, 82, 126

Garrick, G., 88

Gay, 44, 112

Geminiani, 27

Gentle swain, 15

Gentleman's Mag., 123

Giardini, 66

Gifford, 80

Glorious voice, 17

God save the King, 36

Gordon, 35

Green, 14

Grenville, 6, 77

Groombridge, 92

Guadagni, 129

Guardian angels, 132

Guardian outwitted, 62

Hail, immortal Bacchus, 52

Hallam, 62

Hamilton, 77

Handel, 8, 12, 19, 23, 27, 31, 38, 127, 132

Hark! the bonny, 66

Hark! what notes enchant, 43

Harlequin sorcerer, 39

Hasse, 20

Haste to the gardens, 52

Haymarket Theatre, 8, 11

He was despised, 12

Hear, Alfred, 117

Hear, angels, 52

Henry IV., 30

Here, sons of Jacob, 53

Hill, 13, 135

Hither turn thee, 17

Horsley, 124

Horton, 114-116

How blest are the shepherds, 70

How cheerful along the gay mead, 32

How gentle was my Damon's air, 13

How happy the lover, 70

How sleep the brave, 129

Huggins, 4

Hymen, 20

Hymn of Eve, 32

I call you all to Woden-hall, 68

If those, who live in Shepherd's, 119

In thoughtless gay prosperity, 128

Ianthe and Iphis, 39

Indian Kings, 3

Jack, thou'rt a toper, 66

Jameson, 81

Jewell, 77, 81

Johnson, 13, 56, 82

Jones, 9

Joseph, 127

Judgment of Paris, 15, 114, 122, 124

Judith, 50, 62, 68, 76

King Arthur, 68, 79

Kirkman, 5

Kitty, 45

Knight of the Burning Pestle, 130

Knowles, 45

Lacy, 60

Ladies' hoops, 24

Lafitte and Galliard, 135

Lampe, 40

Lampe, Mrs., 38

Lascia cadermi, 20

Lass with the delicate air, 39

Layfield, 27, 30

Legge, 39

Let not a moonbeam, 69

Leveridge, 9

Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre, 9

Little gipsy, 82-91

Live to us, to empire, 56

Lock hospital, 50

Love in a village, 58

Love rapture, 67

Lowe, 17, 27, 30, 33, 39, 120, 125, 127

Mackenzie, 136

Madrigal Society, 62

Mallet, 111, 128

Mansfield, 62

Manzuoli, 63

Mara, 57

Mason, 91

Mattocks, 49, 55

Mawhood, 62, 64, 70, 96, 102

May-day, 83

Merchant of Venice, 33

Metastasio, 54, 63

Millar, 116, 127

Mills, 13, 116

Milton, 12

Milward, 13, 114, 116

Miss in her 'teens, 37

Miss Lucy in town, 22-29

Mountain, 9

Much Ado about Nothing, 48

Neal, 23, 24

Neal, Master, 25

Neate, 134

Neil, 42

Nightingale, 66

No more the heathen, 52

Noblemen's Catch Club, 63

Non chiamarmi, 20

Norris, 58-65

Novello, 71

Now Phoebus sinketh, 13

O beauteous Queen, 20

O fairest, 20

O Lord, grant the King, 136

O peace, 20, 116

O peace, descend, 70

O ravishing delight, 15

O sight, 70

O too lovely, 55

O'er William's tomb, 65

Olimpiade, 63

On Chloe sleeping, 66

Orphan, The, 101

Orpheus and Euridice, 114, 124

Otway, 101

Pasquali, 41

Pasqualino, 125

Paxton, 96, 100

Pemberton, 64-71

Pennyworth of wit, 87

Pepusch, 49

Per le porte, 20

Perseus and Andromeda, 62

Pesetti, 56

Philharmonic Society, 134

Philharmonic Society, Dublin, 32

Phillips, 12, 57, 77

Pianoforte, 51

Pilkington, 27

Pincushion, 44

Poculum elevatum, 63

Potter, 134

Prepare the genial bowers, 52

Prince of Wales, 12

Prior, 45

Prithee, friend, 66

Punch, the medium, 67

Purcell, 33, 65, 68

Pye, 44

Quin, 13, 19, 114

Rafter, 80

Ranelagh, 64

Redburn, 41

Rehearsal, 32

Rennett, 73

Requiem, 72

Rich, 39, 90, 112

Rival Queens, 28

Rosamond, 9, 20, 43

Rose, 57

Rosengrave, 23

Royal license, 18

Royal Society of Musicians, 14

Rule, Britannia, 15, 115, 119

Rule, Britannia, in Germany, 132

Rule, Britannia, rise and fight, 130

Sadler, 42

Saint George the patron, 70

Salway, 116

Sardinian Chapel, 2

Saul, 20

Scott, 102

Serenata, 12

Shakespeare jubilee, 67

Shenstone, 39

Sloper, 10

Smith, 63, 77

Soldier and his friend, 65

Soldier tired, 55

Solomon, 38

Sosarmes, 20

Spandau, 50

Spencer, 43

Squire Badger, 76

Stephens, 57

Stevens, 59

Storer, 23, 25, 27, 48

Street intrigue, 66

Swan, 24

Sweet bird, 20

Sweet echo, 13, 24

Sweet valley, 117

Sybilla, 24, 27, 127

Tempest, 37, 44

Tenducci, 52, 55, 57

Theodosius, 33

Thomas, 55, 135

Thomas and Sally, 49

Thompson, 77, 130

Thomson, 112

Thou soft flowing Avon, 67

Thursfield, 1

Thus I infuse, 70

'Tis sweet the blushing, 70

To virtue with rapture, 70

Tom Thumb, 9, 22, 26

Tonson, 56

Tragedy of tragedies, 9

Twelfth night, 28

Two daughters, 70

Tyers, 74

Un guardo solo, 20

Under the greenwood tree, 17

Vado e vido, 20

Vauxhall gardens, 37

Vernon, 59-67

Vernon, Mrs, 49-55

Wagner, 133

Wake, my harp, 52

Walsh, 39, 51, 121

Warrell, 56

Water parted from the sea, 66

Waylett, 12

We must work, 70

Weelkes, 66

Weideman, 14

Welch (Walsh), 46, 125

Weller, 67, 73, 80, 84, 87, 89

Westminster Abbey, 12

Wheeler, 1

When Britain first, 119, 124

When daisies pied, 17

When gay Bacchus, 66

When Israel wept, 52

When our great Prince, 132

Where the bee sucks, 37, 117

Which is the properest day to drink?, 67

Whittington's feast, 93

William (King), 136

William and Margaret, 130

Who can Jehovah's wrath, 52

With heroes and sages, 52

Woodman, 57

Worsdale, 30

Wright, 79, 101

Wrighten, Mrs, 70

Young, Cecilia, 2, 9, 11

Young, Charles, 11, 41

Young, Miss, 41, 43

Young, E, 44

Young, Polly, 41, 43, 46, 48, 74, 127

COMPOSITIONS BY DR. ARNE.

SONGS.

s. d.

Twenty Songs 1 6 Gentle Swain 2 0 Guardian Angels 1 6 O ravishing delight 1 6 When icicles 1 6

PART-SONGS.

Blow, blow thou wintry wind (Unison Song) 0 1½ Come away, death (S.A.T.B.) 0 2 Rule, Britannia (S.A.T.B.) 0 1½ Do. (T.T.B.B.) 0 1 Do. (Solo with _ad lib._ Chorus) 0 1½ Where the bee sucks (S.A.T.B.) 0 1½ Do. (S.S.T.B.) 0 3 Do. (Two-part) 0 1½ Which is the properest day to sing (S.A.T.B.) 0 2 Do. (S.S.A.) 0 1½ If o'er the cruel tyrant, love folio 0 9 The Curfew (Round for four voices) 0 1½ Under the greenwood tree (Unison Song) 0 1½

VIOLIN.

Trio--Sonata in E minor 3 0

ORGAN.

By the rushy-fringed bank--Air from "Comus" 1 0 March, "Judith" 1 0 Largo--Overture to "Artaxerxes" 1 0

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at a British Sixpence each. The _Journal_ gave a at a British Sixpence each." The _Journal_ gave a

which otherwise, may have an obstruction to the which otherwise, may prove an obstruction to the

to the words Quando Coeli morendi sunt." A solo to the words "Quando Coeli morendi sunt." A solo

spoke in th highest terms of Arne's music. spoke in the highest terms of Arne's music.

Risum tencatis amici? Risum teneatis amici?

1771 The Fairy Princess. 1771 The Fairy Prince.

Herrsch "Britannia! der weite Ocean Herrsch' Britannia! der weite Ocean

Charlotte den 18. Januar 1799 auf dem Grosser Charlotte den 18. Januar 1799 auf dem Grossen