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OLD TUNES – WHEN THE KING ENJOYS….


WHEN THE KING ENJOYS HIS OWN AGAIN. BY MARTIN PARKER. It is with particular pleasure that the editor is enabled to restore to the public the original words of the … Continue reading


OLD TUNES – RULE BRITANNIA


RULE BRITANNIA. “Smile America.” The music was composed by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne for his masque of Alfred (some sources say the opera was The Judgement o’ Paris),* first performed … Continue reading


OLD TUNES – ROSLIN CASTLE


The air to Roslin Castle was wrongly attributed to James Oswald. Although it appears in his collection (1752) as Roseland Castle,* it is not marked as his tune.

It had … Continue reading