[58] Hawkins’s Hist., v. 407.
[59] Burney’s Hist., iii. 619.
[60] Dr. Philip Hayes was, with the exception of Bright, the Essex miller, the most corpulent man of his time, and his obesity, instead of being the result of good temper, was the cause of rather an irritable disposition; but he was an honourable man, and perfectly master of what is commonly called the theory of music. He died very suddenly in London, in 1797, aged about fifty-eight years, and was interred in St. Paul’s Cathedral, the gentlemen of the King’s Chapel, and the choirs of St. Paul’s and Westminster Abbey, attending the funeral.
[61] From the Restoration in 1660 to the year 1805, but seven persons filled the office of Master of the Children; they were, Captain Henry Cook, Pelham Humphrey, Dr. Blow, Dr. Croft, Bernard Gates, Dr. Nares, and Dr. Ayrton. (Editor.)
[62] These consist of two complete Services, each comprising a Te Deum, Jubilate, Nicene Creed, Kyrie Eleison, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis, and several Anthems. (Editor.)
[63] ‘Instructions to my Daughter, for playing on the Enharmonic Guitar, by a Member of the University of Cambridge.’
[64] Agreeing with our correspondent as to the paramount importance of melody, we differ from him most materially on other points. We say this, lest it should be inferred from our silence that our opinion on German music generally, and on that of Handel and Mozart in particular, is in unison with the sentiments Mr. D. Walker has here avowed. If he had only said that the accompaniments to vocal music are too commonly injurious, because almost always played too loud, we should at once have agreed with him.—(Editor.)
[65] In more vulgar minds, the combinations of harmony and the power of the orchestra excite also notions of pomp and majesty, because such minds are more readily excited in this way by noise than by nature and truth; and the same persons would be more delighted by a large picture, or a large palace, than by a small one, however exquisite.
[66] Or, I may add, than the beautiful and simple forms of their letters with those hooks and angles with which Gothic taste has decorated them and made them truly its own.
[67] The words and accompaniments are by John Crosse, Esq. F.S.A. late of Hull; and the whole, in score, appears in our volume for 1825, p. 229.—Editor.