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The Lord Chamberlain and Opera in London, 1700–1740

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

W. H. Cummings
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Extract

I have here a folio volume containing more than eighty papers which refer to matters connected with Drury Lane, Coven' Garden, and Haymarket Theatres.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Musical Association , Volume 40 , 1913 , pp. 37 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1913

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∗ The song was sung by Miss Dorothy CnmmingsGoogle Scholar

∗ This is given as in the MS.Google Scholar

∗ Filippo Mattei was born at Bologna. Handel doubtless made his acquaintance at Rome in 1707. A letter addressed by E. Gouge, the painter, to Sir John Percival, from Rome, 18th June, 1707, reads “they have every Friday a concert very fine at Mr. Brown's. The performers are Pauluci, Nicolini, Pipo, that famous bass violist and two other violins.” (Letter by Gouge, painter. Set Egmont MSS. Reports of Hist MSS. Commission, vol. ii., page 217.)Google Scholar

∗ “Acis and Galatea” had been performed at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, on Friday, the 26th of March, 1731, for the benefit of M. Rochetti, who sang the part of Acis., Leveridge took the rdle of Polyphemus.Google Scholar