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    PURCELL'S SACRED MUSIC.

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    EDITED BY VINCENT NOVELLO . Thk musical world was already deeply indebted to Mr . Novello for the many valuable and beautiful specimens of vocal excellence , both of native and foreign talent , which he has from time

    to time presented to its notice , arrang ed with a skill and judgment rarely to be equalled , as his editions of the delightful or sublime masses of Haydn and Mozart , and his selections of Motetts , &c . from these and other great masters , both of the German and Italian schools , with that of our own country , will amply testify .

    The ' Fitzwilliam Music / in which we are presented with some of the most admirable compositions of Palestrina , Carissimi , Clari , Steffani , Leo , Durante , Jomelli , Pergolesi , Padre Martini , &c , was a vast and arduous undertaking , and splendidly accomplished But with pride and delight have we perused the volumes before us , unfolding a rich mine of inestimable wealth , in the

    ecclesiastical writings of our boasted countryman Henry Purcell , —the sublime , the profound , the original and highly-gifted Purcell , the pride of his country , the Mozart of his age , the Shakspeare of his art . The church writings of this great master have been regarded by the best judges as standing unrivalled for dignity ,

    pathos , originality , and expression ; though it has been justly observed , with reference also to his secular writings , that the wide range of his imagination rendered him capable of applying his talents with equal facility to the stage and the chamber ; of which we have sufficient proof in the many admirable productions of this class which he has achieved . But with the exception of a few that

    have been snatched , as it were , from the abyss of oblivion , by a more modern arrangement , with some of which Bartleman and Mara were wont occasionally to delight admiring hundreds , the world at large know comparatively little of this great author's writings . For the sake of all real lovers of the excellent and beautiful , in the divine art of musical composition , we wish to see ,

    if possible , the whole of PurcelPs works brought out under the same master-hand ; for we have perceived throughout the arrangement of the work before us , so nice a discernment of what might be imagined the author ' s meaning , with a due regard to facility and effect in the arrangement of the accompaniment , that we can with confidence , knowing the pleasure that will result ,

    recommend to the perusal and possession of every real lover of the art these volumes , in which will be found some of the very finest specimens of musical composition . The work extends to five large and handsomely printed volumes , compiled from many rare and valuable MSS , and private collections . The vocal score and organ accompaniment are in a larger note than the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1833, page 289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2614/page/1/