had six in all, three of them, John Baptista, Thomas, and Henry, died
in infancy, during the lifetime of their father; and it is probable
that a fourth child, Mary Peters, survived him but a few months. The
daughter Frances, who was born in 1688, outlived both her parents;
her mother immediately before her death, in February, 1706, nominated
Frances as her executrix and residuary legatee: accordingly she proved
the will on the 4th July following. She married Leonard Welsted, a poet
and dramatist, son of the Rev. Leonard Welsted, Rector of Abington,
Northamptonshire. Welsted had been a King's scholar at Westminster
School, from whence he was elected to Trinity College, Cambridge. "When
very young he married the daughter of Henry Purcell, the celebrated
musician, and obtained an appointment in the Secretary of State's
office."[67]
The young couple were of the same age, and must have married when
nineteen, as the register of St. Margaret's, Westminster, records the
baptism of their daughter Frances on the 2nd of September, 1708.[68]
Mrs. Welsted died in 1724, not having attained the age of her
celebrated father, and the daughter died in 1726, aged eighteen.
Purcell's youngest son, Edward, born in 1689, was the only one who
survived him, and like his father, was but six years old when he became
an orphan. His mother had promised her dying husband carefully to
attend to the child's education, a promise she conscientiously and
affectionately kept for ten years, until 1706, when she died, leaving
the lad of sixteen to the guidance of his sister Frances, who was but
two years older. The children, however, possessed many influential
friends, and in the following year, 1707, Frances married. We know
nothing more of Edward's doings for a few succeeding years, but it
is probable that he married in 1710, as the register-book of St.
Margaret's, Westminster, contains the entry of a baptism on "May 4th,
1711, of Frances, daughter of Edward and Anne Purcell, born on 19th
April." The register-book of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for 1716 contains
a baptismal entry which seems to refer to a son of Edward Purcell:
"Dec. 11, Henry, son of Edward and Anne Purcell, born 26 Nov." In
1717 Edward was a candidate for the organist's place of St. Andrew's,
Holborn, as I have shown when speaking of Daniel Purcell; but Edward
was, as we have seen, unsuccessful, not only on that occasion, but also
in 1718 when he again applied for the appointment. In 1726, on the
8th of July, he was made organist of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and
it is said that he succeeded his father as organist of St. Clement's,
Eastcheap. In 1738 he was enrolled amongst the first list of members
and founders of the "Society of Musicians," now known as the "Royal
Society of Musicians," and it is supposed that he died in 1740, as in
that year he ceased to be organist of St. Margaret's, Westminster. His
successor was appointed on the 6th of August, 1740.
He had a son, the date of whose birth I have not been able to trace,
who was named _Edward Henry_. Hawkins blunders here again: he says
Edward Purcell "was succeeded by his son Henry, who had been bred up in
the King's Chapel under Mr. Gates. This Henry became also organist of
St. Edmund the King, London, and after that of St. John, Hackney. He
died about twenty-five years ago.[69] His father was a good organist,
but himself a very indifferent one."
The statement is brimful of errors, as we shall see.
Chamberlaine's _Magnæ Britannia Notitia_, 1737, on page 219, gives
the "children's names" of the Chapel Royal,[70] and there we find
_Edward Henry Purcell_. The correctness of the name is confirmed by
an entry in a magnificent book of music now in the Queen's library in
Buckingham Palace. The volume is wholly in Henry Purcell's autograph.
It had belonged to Edward Purcell, and contains an entry in his hand:
"Score booke--Anthems and Welcome Songs, and other songs, all by my
father." At the other end of the book is an autograph inscription, "Eᵈ
H. Purcell, Grandson to the Author of this book."
In 1753, August 11th, the vestry of St. John, Hackney,
"Resolved and agreed that yᵉ place of organist of the Parish be and
is declared vacant; agreed that the sallary of yᵉ organist of the
Parish be settled.
"Organist his duty.--That the salary of the organist shall for the
future be £20 by the year, and that for his said salary he shall
attend all Sundays in the year, and on all days whenever a sermon
shall be preached, Fast-days excepted, and that on every Sunday
throughout the year a voluntary shall be played after both morning
and evening service."
"Ordered, that an advertisement be published in the paper called
the _Daily Advertiser_, that the place of Organist of this Parish
is vacant, and that all persons who are willing to be candidates
for the same may apply to Mr. Ch.-warden Barnard."
"On the 22nd Sept., 1753, the candidates appeared separately
before the Vestry, 'and a Vestry was held to choose an organist.'
Candidates being--
MR. EDWARD HENRY PURCELL 9 Votes.
MR. DAVID L. HEUREUX 6 "
MR. WILLIAM WARD 2 "
MR. RICHARD LOW 0 "
MR. THOMAS ARCHER 1 "
MR. MOSES PATENCE 0 "
"The majority being for Mr. Ed. Hen. Purcell, he was declared
Organist of this Parish till Easter next."
The parish books show that he was re-elected annually down to Easter
Tuesday, April 24, 1764, when there is an entry--
"Complaint having been made against Edward Henry Purcell the
present organist. Resolved--That the Vestry Clerk do write to the
said Edward Henry Purcell and acquaint him that the Vestry insists
on his being regular in his attendance, and that he do give in the
name of his Deputy to the Churchwardens, and also give notice from
time to time to the Churchwardens for the time being when he shall
charge him and who he shall appoint in his stead."
"April 30, 1764. The Vestry Clerk acquainted the Vestry that he
had wrote to Mr. Purcell the Organist agreeable to the Resolution
of the last Vestry. Resolved that the choice of an organist be
deferred until the next Vestry and that Mr. Purcell do officiate in
the meantime."
There is also an entry made by the Vestry Clerk, April, 1764:
"N.B.--Wrote to him and he said he would name his deputy."
On Easter Tuesday, April 8th, 1765, the Vestry minutes record the
appointment of organ-blower, but no mention is made of the organist; we
may therefore infer that Purcell was not continued in the post, as in
the following year, 1766, we read--
"Resolved that David Lᵈ Heureux organist, Sarah Palmer
organ-blower, Be and they are hereby continued in their respective
offices at their annual Sallarys until Easter Tuesday next."
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 57: Purcell is named as one of the possessors of property in
a map of Ireland made about the middle of the seventeenth century.]
[Footnote 58: Cosyn usually meant nephew.]
[Footnote 59: Meaning buried in the Church.]
[Footnote 60: The autograph score is in the British Museum.]
[Footnote 61: "On Wednesday next will be performed at York Buildings
Mr. Daniel Purcell's musick, made for last St. Cecilia's Feast, for the
benefit of Mr. Howel and Mr. Shore, with an addition of new vocal and
instrumental musick."--_London Gazette_, December 29, 1698.]
[Footnote 62: 1700 according to the new style.]
[Footnote 63: A pupil of Henry Purcell.]
[Footnote 64: "A Song sung by Mr. Mason in _Magbeth_, sett by Mr. D.
Purcell, 'Cease, gentle Swain,' in the Queen's library, Buckingham
Palace."]
[Footnote 65: Vol. ii. p. 759, new Edition. Novello & Co.]
[Footnote 66: Extracted from the Vestry books of St. Andrew's, Holborn.]
[Footnote 67: Baker's _History of Northamptonshire_, vol. i. p. 17.]
[Footnote 68: "Frances, daughter of Leonard Welsted, Gent, and Frances
his wife."]
[Footnote 69: 1750.]
[Footnote 70: The master was Bernard Gates.]
ORGANISTS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
NAME DATE
John Howe 1549
Master Whitt 1560
John Taylor 1562
Robert White 1570
Henry Leeve 1575
Edmund Hooper, the first regular appointment as Organist 1588
John Parsons 1621
Orlando Gibbons 1623
Thomas Day 1625
Richard Portman 1633
Christopher Gibbons 1660
Albertus Bryne 1666
John Blow 1669
Henry Purcell 1680
John Blow 1695
William Croft 1708
John Robinson 1727
Benjamin Cooke 1762
Samuel Arnold 1794
Robert Cooke 1803
George Ebenezer Williams 1815
Thomas Greatorex 1819
James Turle (living)[71] 1831
MASTERS OF THE CHORISTER BOYS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
NAME DATE
John Taylor 1562
Robert White 1574
Henry Leeve 1575
Edmund Hooper 1585
John Gibbs 1605
John Parsons 1613
Thomas Day 1623
Richard Portman 1633
James Trye 1637
Walter Porter 1639
Henry Purcell (senior) 1661
Christopher Gibbons 1664
Thomas Blagrave 1666
Edward Braddock 1670
John Church 1704
Bernard Gates 1740
MUSIC COPYISTS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
NAME DATE
Henry Purcell (senior) 1661
Christopher Gibbons 1664
Stephen Byng 1673
Henry Purcell (junior) 1676
William Tucker 1678
Charles Taylour 1684
Henry Purcell 1688
Edward Braddock 1690
John Church 1710
John Buswell 1761
Thomas Vanderman 1763
Thomas Barrow 1782
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 71: Mr. Turle having retired from active duty, Dr. J. F.
Bridge is now appointed permanent deputy organist.]
CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA.
1658. Henry Purcell, the composer, born.
1659. Meeting of Purcell's father, Matthew Locke, and Pepys.
1661. Charles the Second crowned. Henry Purcell, the father, and
Thomas Purcell, the uncle of the composer, attend the coronation as
gentlemen of the Chapel Royal.
1663. Purcell's father appointed a member of the Royal Band.
1664. The father died. Purcell entered the Chapel Royal under
Captain Cooke.
1667. Purcell's three-part song, "Sweet Tyraness," published.
1669. Purcell composed "An Address to the King."
1672. Purcell's master, Captain Cooke, died; succeeded by Pelham
Humphreys.
1674. Humphreys died; succeeded by Dr. John Blow.
1676. Purcell appointed copyist of Westminster Abbey. Composed
music for (1) "Epsom Wells;" (2) "Aurenge-Zebe; (3) "The Libertine."
1677. Purcell composed an Elegy on the death of Matthew Locke; also
the music for "Abdelazor."
1678. Resigned the appointment of copyist at Westminster Abbey.
"Sweet Tyraness," newly arranged, republished. Music for "Timon of
Athens" composed.
1679. Composed music for Rev. John Gostling's voice.
1680. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey. Composed music for
(1) "The Virtuous Wife;" (2) "Theodosius;" and the Opera "Dido and
Æneas." Also two Odes, "A welcome song for his Royal Highness's
return from Scotland," and "A song to welcome his Majesty home from
Windsor."
1681. Composed an Ode for the King, "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow."
1682. Purcell appointed organist of the Chapel Royal. Composed
an Ode for the King "On his return from Newmarket;" also music
for "The Lord Mayor's Show." His uncle Thomas died; a son, John
Baptista, born and died.
1683. Sonatas of three parts published. Appointed "composer in
ordinary" to the King. Composed three "Odes for the festival of
St. Cecilia;" also "A welcome song for the King;" "Fly, bold
rebellion;" and Ode, "From hardy climes," for Prince George of
Denmark, on his marriage with the Princess Anne.
1684. Published a "St. Cecilia" Ode. Composed an Ode to welcome the
King, "On his return to Whitehall after his summer's progress."
Performed on the new organ erected by Father Smith in the Temple
Church.
1685. James II. crowned in Westminster Abbey. For the ceremony
Purcell composed two Anthems, "I was glad," and "My heart is
inditing." Composed an Ode, "Why are all the muses mute," in honour
of the King. Also the music for "Circe."
1686. Composed "Lilliburlero," also the music for "Tyrannic Love."
His brother and pupil, Daniel, appointed organist of Magdalen
College, Oxford. His infant son, Thomas, died. An Ode for the King,
"Ye tuneful muses," composed.
1687. Composed an Elegy on the death of John Playford, the younger.
An Ode for the King, "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum." Purcell's
son, Henry, born and died.
1688. Purcell composed, by command, a thanksgiving Anthem for the
Queen's pregnancy, "Blessed are they that fear the Lord." Composed
also the music for "A fool's preferment," an Ode "For the King,"
and the Anthem, "The Lord is King." A daughter, Frances, born.
1689. William and Mary crowned in Westminster Abbey. Purcell
threatened, by Dean and Chapter of Westminster, with suspension.
Composed "Celestial music" an Ode "At the Prince of Denmark's
coming home," also "The Yorkshire feast song." A son, Edward, born.
1690. Purcell composed an Ode, "Arise my muse," for the Queen's
birthday, and another, "Sound the trumpet," for King William. Also
music for (1) "The Tempest;" (2) "Dioclesian;" (3) "Massacre of
Paris;" (4) "Amphitryon."
1691. He composed music for (1) "Distressed innocence;" (2) "King
Arthur;" (3) "The Gordian knot untyed;" (4) "Sir Anthony Love;"
also an Ode, "Welcome, glorious morn," for the Queen's birthday.
1692. He composed the music for (1) "The Fairy Queen" (and
published "Some select songs" from that opera); (2) "The Wife's
excuse;" (3) "The Indian Queen;" (4) "The Indian Emperour;" (5)
"Œdipus;" (6) "Cleomenes;" (7) "The marriage-hater match'd;" also
an Ode, "Love's goddess sure was blind," for the Queen's birthday,
and an Ode, "Hail, great Cecilia," for the anniversary of St.
Cecilia.
1693. He composed a Commemoration Ode, "Great Parent, hail," for
Trinity College, Dublin, and music for (1) "The old bachelor;" (2)
"The Richmond heiress;" (3) "The maid's last prayer;" (4) "Henry
the Second." Also an Ode, "Celebrate this festival," for the
Queen's birthday.
1694. He composed music for the first and second parts of (1) "Don
Quixote;" (2) "The married beau;" (3) "The double dealer;" (4)
"The fatal marriage;" (5) "Love triumphant;" also the Te Deum and
Jubilate in D for the festival of St. Cecilia, and an Ode, "Come,
ye sons of art," for the Queen's birthday. "The art of descant,"
for John Playford.
1695. He composed Anthems for the funeral of Queen Mary, "Blessed
is the man," and "Thou knowest, Lord." Two Latin Elegies on the
Queen. A birthday Ode, "Who can from joy refrain?" for the Duke of
Gloucester. Music for (1) "The Canterbury Guests;" (2) "The Mock
Marriage;" (3) "The Rival Sisters;" (4) "Oroonoko;" (5) "The Knight
of Malta;" (6) "Bonduca;" (7) "The third part of Don Quixote."
Purcell died Nov. 21st; buried in Westminster Abbey, Nov. 26th.
1699. Purcell's mother died.
1706. Purcell's widow died.
1707. Purcell's daughter married to L. Welsted.
1710. Purcell's son, Edward, married.
1717. Edward Purcell and Daniel Purcell, the composer's brothers,
died.
1726. Purcell's son, Edward, organist of St. Margaret's,
Westminster.
1737. Edward Henry Purcell, grandson of the composer, a child of
the Chapel Royal.
1738. Purcell's son, Edward, organist of St. Margaret's,
Westminster.
1740. Edward died.
1753. Edward Henry Purcell, grandson of the composer organist of
St. John, Hackney.
1765. Not re-elected to St. John, Hackney.
INDEX.
A.
Abdelazor, 26
Abingdon, Earl, 98
Abuse of musick, 66
Adamson, 10
Addison, 99
Akroy'd, 74
Albion and Albanius, 56, 57
Aldrich, 90
Alexander's Feast, 59, 60
Amblett, 10
Amphytryon, 51, 54, 55
Ancient vocal music, 44
Ancient Concerts, 33
Angello, 12
Anna, 33
Anne (Princess), 35, 40, 99
Anne (Queen), 86-98
Anthems, 94
Archer, 109
Arise, my muse, 55
Arne, 84
Arnold, 21, 111
Art of descant, 68
Artillery Company, 34
Aston, 66
Augusta's triumph, 99
Aurenge-Zebe, 26
B.
Baggs, 63
Baker, 106
Baldwin's Gardens, 81
Balter, 15
Baltzar, 91, 92
Bancroft, 67
Banister, 15, 44
Barcelona, 98
Barnard, 109
Barrington, 92
Barrow, 112
Bassani, 83, 92
Beaumont, 51, 73
Beckett, 15
Bedford, 66, 85
Beggars' Opera, 54, 64
Behn, 26
Behold I bring you, 30
Belinda, 33
Belk, 28
Bellerton, 51
Benedicite, 42
Bently, 31
Birthday Ode, 74
Bishop, 99
Blagrave, 15, 23, 112
Blessed are they, 47
Blessed be the Lord, 42
Blessed is he, 42
Blessed is the man, 71, 72
Blow, 20, 24, 25, 28, 31, 41, 42, 43, 68, 70, 73, 82, 85, 86, 111
Bolingbroke, 60
Bolton, 10
Bonduca, 73, 84
Bow down thine ear, 42
Bowen, 67
Boyce, 22, 71
Braddock, 10, 55, 112
Brady, 66
Bridge, 111
Bridgman, 40
Brief supplement to Colley Cibber, 66
Briscoe, 74
British heroine, 73
British Museum, 10, 86, 99
Britons strike home, 73
Brown, 81, 82, 83, 84
Brutus, 99
Bryne, 111
Burial office, 72
Burk, 32
Burlington, 16
Burnet, 45
Burney, 20, 25, 26, 61
Busby, 10, 80
Buswell, 112
By the croaking, 61
By the waters, 42
Byng, 25, 112
C.
Cæsar, 22
Calcott, 96
Cambridge, 36, 41
Canon, 68
Canterbury, 1, 28, 29
Canterbury guest, 73
Capelin, 79
Careless husband, 102
Carissimi, 23
Carr, 36, 37, 40, 41, 45, 52
Catch Club, 31
Catherine of Braganza, 35
Cecilia, _see_ St. C.
Celebrate this festival, 67
Celestial music, 50
Chamberlaine, 108
Chapel Royal, 9, 12, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37, 41, 46,
52, 55, 61, 64, 84, 86, 108
Chapman, 10
Charles I., 1, 6, 17
Charles II., 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 28, 29, 30, 35, 56, 91, 98
Chelsey, 32
Chichester, 2
Childe, 18, 43
Choice collection of lessons, 79, 94
Christ Church, 4, 67, 68
Chronological memoranda, 113
Church, 112
Cibber, 47
Circe, 43
Clark, 82
Clarke, 25, 56, 99
Clayton, 15
Cockpit, 6
Cold and raw, 64, 65
Collection of Ayres, 79
Colman, 12
Come if you dare, 56
Come unto these yellow sands, 51
Come, ye sons of art, 69
Commonwealth, 1, 7
Condy, 10
Congreve, 67, 69, 100
Cooke, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 49, 111
Copyists, 25, 26, 27, 48, 55
Corelli, 83, 89, 92, 93
Corporation of Musique, 16
Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, 70
Courtvill, 74
Covent Garden, 63
Croft, 72, 111
Cromwell, 3, 4, 5, 7
Cross, 37, 63
Crotch, 39
Crowne, 69
Cynthia and Endymion, 99
D.
_Daily Advertizer_, 109
_Daily Courant_, 103
Dalham, 10
Damascene, 74
Davenant, 5, 43
Day, 111
Denmark (Prince of), 40, 50
Dering, 4
Dettingen Te Deum, 70, 71
Dido and Æneas, 32
Dioclesian, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 62, 76, 94
Distressed Innocence, 60
Diverting post, 101
Dog Tavern, 63
Dolben, 10, 40
Don Giovanni, 26
Don Quixote, 69, 74
Dorney, 15
Dorset Gardens, 48, 63
Double Dealer, 69
Downes, 54, 56, 57, 62
Draghi, 35, 36, 42
Dring, 61
Dryden, 26, 36, 44, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 69, 78
Drury Lane, 63
Dublin, 67
Duchess of Portsmouth, 30
Duke of York, 30, 32
Duke's Theatre, 31
Dulwich College, 33
D'Urfey, 31, 32, 50, 55, 60, 67, 69, 74, 75, 83, 90, 99
E.
Eccles, 100
Ecles, 79
Elizabeth (Queen), 1
Epicedium, 73
Epsom Wells, 26
Evelyn, 29
F.
Fairy Queen, 60, 62, 63, 95
Fantasias, 40
Farquhar, 101
Fatal marriage, 69
Finger, 100, 101
Finnell, 10
Fishbourne, 41
Fitzwilliam library, 36, 41
Flatman, 43
Fletcher, 51, 73
Fly bold rebellion, 39
Fool's preferment, 47, 48
Forcer, 40
French, 38
From hardy climes, 40
From these serene, 43
Fubbs, 30
Full fathom five, 51
Fyssher, David, 96, 97
Fyssher, John, 97
G.
Gates, 108-112
_Gentleman's Journal_, 65, 83
Gibbes, 10
Gibbons, 6, 10, 11, 18, 111, 112
Gibralter, 98
Gildon, 99
Gloucester (Duke), 74
Gloria Patri, 94
Gombell, 15
Goodgroome, 15
Goodison, 50, 67, 68
Gordian Knot, 46, 60
Gostling, 28, 29, 30, 31, 64, 65
Gould, 73
Grabut, 23, 56, 57
Great abuse of musick, 85
Greatorex, 111
Great parent hail, 67
Greene, 103, 104, 105
Gregory, 15
Grove, 100
H.
Halifax, 100
Hall, 36, 88
Hampton Court, 4
Handel, 70, 71
Harding, 10, 33
Hardinge, 15
Harley, 86
Hark, my Daridear, 44
Harmonia Sacra, 83, 84
Harris, 42, 102, 104
Hart, 104
Hawkins, 26, 48, 49, 50, 59, 60, 64, 65, 78, 81, 82, 102, 103, 108
Haydon, 104, 105
Hayes, 21
Haymarket, 101
Hear me, O Lord, 42
Henley, 99, 100
Henry II., 67
Heptenstall, 52, 54, 61, 62
Herbert, 73
Hesse (Prince), 98
Heureux, 109, 110
Hill, 11, 47
Hills, 15
Hilton, 64
Hingston, 4
Hobbs, 61
Hogarth, 61
Hooper, 111
Howard, 60, 78, 82
Howe, 111
Howell, 74, 99
Howes, 15
Hudgbutt, 61, 62
Hughes, 10
Humour of the age, 102
Humphreys, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Hunt, 64
Hutton, 10
I.
I attempt from love's sickness, 61
Ibrahim XII., 99
If love's a sweet, 64
Incassum Lesbia, 73
Inconstant, 101
Indian Queen, 60, 61
In these delightful, 26, 94
Isum or Isham, 103, 104, 105
Italian, 38, 53, 68, 89
Italian songs, 18
Italy, 22, 23, 35
I was glad, 43
I will love Thee, 56
I will sing, 42
J.
Jack, thou'rt a toper, 73, 82
James I., 1
James II., 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 57, 99
Jerusalem is built, 42
Johnson, 21
Jones, 10
Jubilate, 69, 94
Judgment of Paris, 100
K.
Killigrew, 10
King, 6, 90
King Arthur, 55, 56, 57, 59, 62
King's choir, 43
King's instrumental musick, 43
King's musique, 16
Knight of Malta, 73
L.
Lamentation for the death of Mr. H. Purcell, 102
Larken, 2
Last song (Purcell's), 45, 74
Lawes, 6, 13
Lee, 60
Leeve, 111
Leicester Fields, 32
Leighton, 4
Let Cæsar and Urania, 4, 5
Let God arise, 42
Let the dreadful, 69
Leveridge, 99
Libertine, 26
Lileburlero, 45, 46
Lilley, 15
Liverpool, 33
Locke, 6, 9, 15, 20, 26, 27, 35
_London Gazette_, 32, 36, 51, 99, 100
Lord is King, 48
Lord Mayor, 34
Lord, who can tell, 42
Lovely Albina, 75
Love's a blind Goddess, 64
Love's Paradise, 100
Love triumphant, 69
Low, 109
Lowe, 33
Lully, 22, 23, 89
M.
Macbeth, 20, 21, 26
Macfarren, 33
Mackay, 89
Madge, 15
Magbeth, 102
Magdalen College, 4, 98, 99
Magnæ Brittannia, 108
Maid's last prayer, 67
Maidwell's, 50
March, 45
Marriage hater, 60
Married beau, 69
Marsh, 12, 15
Mary (Princess), 35
Mary (Queen), 64, 71, 73, 76
Massacre of Paris, 51
Masters of Choristers of Westminster Abbey, 111
May, 61, 62
May her blest example, 64
Memoires of musick, 56, 85
Memoirs of the musical drama, 61
Merchant Taylors, 34, 50
Mercurius Rusticus, 3
Middleton, 21
Midsummer Night's Dream, 60
Milton, 3
Mock marriage, 73
Mohun, 47
Montague, 98
Motteux, 99
Mountford, 47
Mountjoy, 98
Mozart, 26
Muses Mercury, 101
Musica Antiqua, 21
Musical Antiquarian Society, 33, 59, 67, 73
Music copyists of Westminster Abbey, 112
Musick's handmaid, 46
My beloved spake, 42
My heart is inditing, 43
N.
Needham, 49, 50
New Ayres and dialogues, 20
New Irish tune, 46
New world in the moon, 99
Nichol, 66
Nicholas, 14
North, 56, 85
Norton, 99, 100
Now the maids, 63
O.
Ode for the Queen, 60, 64, 69
Ode on Purcell, 76
Odive custos, 73
Œdipus, 62
Of all the instruments, 33
O God thou art, 42
O God thou hast, 42
Old bachelor, 67
Oldmixon, 100
O Lord our governour, 42
Organists of Westminster Abbey, 111
Orlando Furioso, 101
Oroonoko, 73
Orpheus and Euridice, 101
Orpheus Britannicus, 50, 65, 78, 78, 79, 82, 87
P.
Palmer, 110
Paris, 22
Parson among the peas, 90
Parsons, 111
Pastoral dialogue, 55
Pate, 63
Patence, 109
Pepys, 9, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27
Perce, 28
Perrinchief, 10
Peters, 79
Phaeton, 99
Pills to purge melancholy, 90
Pix, 99
Playford, 36, 37, 40, 46, 51, 62, 68, 94
Portman, 111, 112
Postboy, 63, 105
Pourselle, 89
Powell, 99
Prichard, 34
Priest, 33, 56, 62
Prophetess, 51
Purcell ancestry, 96
Purcell, Anne, 107
Purcell, Daniel, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107
Purcell, Edward, 50, 79, 80, 97, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108
Purcell, Edward Henry, 107, 108, 109, 110
Purcell, Elizabeth, 97
Purcell, Frances, 34, 79, 80, 106, 107
Purcell Henry (senior), 9, 10, 12, 20, 21, 97, 112
Purcell, Henry, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 23 _et sequentes_, 108, 111, 112
Purcell, Henry (infant), 106
Purcell, John Baptista, 35, 106
Purcell, Katherine, 97
Purcell, Mary Peters, 79, 106
Purcell, Matthew, 34
Purcell, Mrs., 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 94, 106, 107
Purcell, Thomas, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 29, 34, 35, 44, 106
Purcell Society, 51
Pursell, George, 96
Pursell, John, 96, 97
Pursell, Nicholas, 96, 97
Purshell, Thomas, 96
Q.
Queen, 4, 5
Queen's birthday ode, 67
Queen's library, 102
Queen's Theatre, 48, 54
Quickstep, 45, 46
Quire of fair ladies, 55
R.
Ravenscroft, 73
Reading, 63
Remember not, Lord, 42
Restoration, 6
Richmond, 80
Richmond heiress, 67
Rimbault, 10, 20, 27, 44, 73
Rival sisters, 73
Robert, 74
Robinson, 111
Rochester, 2
Roger, 89
Rogers, 98
Rook, 98
Roscius Anglicanus, 50, 56, 62
Royal Society of Musicians, 14, 107
Rutland House, 6
S.
Sacheverell, 102
Sands, 2
Sale, 97
Scott, 60, 73
Secret service, 22
Sedley, 64
Settle, 60, 99
Shadwell, 26, 28, 51
Shakespeare, 51, 60
Shaw, 22
Shore, 99
Short, 104
Shorter, 10
Siege of Rhodes, 19
Simpson, 68
Sing, all ye muses, 69
Singleton, 15
Smith, 10, 21, 42, 43, 93
Somerset (Duke), 52
Somerset House, 96
Sonatas, 36, 37, 40, 79, 94, 102
Sound the trumpet, 45, 55
South, 10
Southerne, 60, 67, 69, 73
Southwick, 100
_Spectator_, 101
Sprat, 48
Stagins, 14, 15, 43
Stationers' Hall, 65, 101
St. Andrew, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107
St. Ann's Lane, 7, 37
St. Cecilia, 36, 40, 41, 60, 65, 66, 69, 75, 76, 95, 99, 101
St. Clement, 107
St. Edmund, 108
St. George, 86
St. James's Palace, 59
St. John, 60, 108, 109
St. Margaret, 25, 97, 106, 107
St. Martin, 34
St. Mary, 101
St. Paul's Cathedral, 25, 64, 70, 72
Strange, 15
Sweet tyraness, 20
Swifter Isis, 33
T.
Talbot, 76
Tate, 32, 46, 65, 67, 102
Taylor, 59, 95, 111
Taylour, 48, 112