- Publisher:
- Boydell & Brewer
- Online publication date:
- April 2019
- Print publication year:
- 2019
- Online ISBN:
- 9781787445031
- Subjects:
- Music, Music: General Interest
- Series:
- Music in Britain, 1600-2000
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In 1683 English court musicians and the Musical Society of London joined forces to celebrate St Cecilia's Day (22 November) with a feast and the performance of specially composed music. The most prominent composers and poets of the age wrote for these occasions, including Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Dryden and William Congreve.
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