CHAPTER XXVI.

OPERAS -- CONCERTS -- MUSIC.

Introduction of Italian opera -- Its rapid popularity -- Mixture

of Languages -- Handel -- His operas, and visit here -- Singers

-- Abel -- Hughs -- Leveridge -- Lawrence -- Ramondon -- Mrs.

Tofts -- Her madness -- Foreign singers -- Margherita de l'Epine

-- Nicolino Grimaldi -- Isabella Girardeau -- Composers -- Dr.

Blow -- Jeremiah Clarke -- Dean Aldrich -- Tom D'Urfey -- Henry

Carey -- Britton, the small coal man -- His concerts -- His death

-- Concerts and concert rooms -- Gasparini, the violinist --

Musical instruments -- Musical scores 268

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