Dr Arne And Rule Britannia Classic Reprint

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259862529
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book English Minstrelsie, Vol. 2 of 8 written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Minstrelsie, Vol. 2 of 8: A National Monument of English Song; Collated and Edited, With Notes and Historical Introductions Ritson attributed the authorship of the song to Thomson, but a claim, which cannot be substantiated, has been made for Mallet as the author. In the original there were but three stanzas, and three more were added by Lord Bolingbroke. But the words are of less import than the tune, which was composed by Dr. Arne, who wrote all the music for the Masque. He afterwards altered this into an opera, and it was performed at Drury Lane Theatre on March 20, 1745, for the benefit of Mrs. Arne. This lady, whose maiden name was Cecilia Young, had been a pupil of Geminiani; and she sang for the first time in public at Drury Lane in 1730. With a good natural voice, she had been so well taught, that her style of singing was infinitely superior to that of any other English woman of her time. The song Rule Britannia became a favourite with the Jacobite party, which produced a version altered and adapted to their views. 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.