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They have had several great masters of their own. Henry Purcell's works in that kind are esteemed beyond Lully's everywhere, and they have now a good many very eminent masters ; but the taste of the town being at this day all Italian, it is a great discouragement to them." — Machay's Jcmrney Through England, 1722 — 3.
90 THE GREAT MUSICIANS.
„ Purcell's secular music undoubtedly frequently suffered from the worthless trash he had to accept as poetry ; too often it was not only devoid of literar...y merit, but still worse, indecent ; that was, however, the fault of the age, and pervaded most of the dramatic literature then in vogue. , Even the well-known and estimable Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, Dr. Aldrich, condescended to set music to such words as shame would not permit us to print at this day.
Tom D'Urfey was a notorious offender against good taste, and for him Purcell composed very largely.
" Oh 1 who can view without a tear Great Pindar's muse and D'Urfey near ?
Whose soaring wit ne'er higher flew Than to endite for Barthol'mew, Setting, for sots at country fairs, Dull sauoy songs to PurcelVs airs."^ D'Urfey's verses were so uncouth and irregular in their construction, that a writer of the last century said, "The modern Pindaric Odes which are humorously resembled to a comb with the teeth broken by frequent use are nothing to them." D'Urfey wrote some especially rugged lines which he challenged Purcell to set to music ; the challenge was accepted and the com- poser triumphed, but he confessed that it cost him more trouble than the composition of a Te Beum.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They have had several great masters of their own. Henry Purcell's works in that kind are esteemed beyond Lully's everywhere, and they have now a good many very eminent masters ; but the taste of the town being at this day all Italian, it is a great discouragement to them." — Machay's Jcmrney Through England, 1722 — 3.
90 THE GREAT MUSICIANS.
„ Purcell's secular music undoubtedly frequently suffered from the worthless trash he had to accept as poetry ; too often it was not only devoid of literar...y merit, but still worse, indecent ; that was, however, the fault of the age, and pervaded most of the dramatic literature then in vogue. , Even the well-known and estimable Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, Dr. Aldrich, condescended to set music to such words as shame would not permit us to print at this day.
Tom D'Urfey was a notorious offender against good taste, and for him Purcell composed very largely.
" Oh 1 who can view without a tear Great Pindar's muse and D'Urfey near ?
Whose soaring wit ne'er higher flew Than to endite for Barthol'mew, Setting, for sots at country fairs, Dull sauoy songs to PurcelVs airs."^ D'Urfey's verses were so uncouth and irregular in their construction, that a writer of the last century said, "The modern Pindaric Odes which are humorously resembled to a comb with the teeth broken by frequent use are nothing to them." D'Urfey wrote some especially rugged lines which he challenged Purcell to set to music ; the challenge was accepted and the com- poser triumphed, but he confessed that it cost him more trouble than the composition of a Te Beum.
What to read after Purcell?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915 to read onlineMoreLess
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