Dr. Arne and Rule, Britannia

by William Hayman Cummings

[39] Handel gave a performance of his Oratorio “Joseph” at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket, on the 21st of March, 1745.

[40] The singers in 1751 were Mrs. Arne, Signora Galli’ Signora Frasi, Miss Young, Mr. Beard, Mr. Baker, Signor Guadagni.

[INDEX.]

• Abbey Glee Club, [53]
• Abrams, [81], [91]
• Acis and Galatea, [8], [23], [28]
• Addison, [3], [4], [9]
• Ah me, what fears, [132]
• Alas, the horrors, [70]
• Aldrich, [66]
• Alexander’s Feast, [93]
• Alfred, [15], [20], [33], [41], [46], [114], [116], [122], [124]
• Alfred, go forth, [121]
• Allegro, [20]
• Amelia, Princess, [10]
• Amphitryon, [29]
• Anderson, [134]
• Angels ever bright, [132]
• Arcadian nuptials, [62]
• Arne—
• Actor, [30]
• At Cliefden, [114]
• At Eton, [3], [6]
• At Stratford-on-Avon, [67]
• Birth of composer, [1]
• Burial, [101]
• Conductor, [35]
• Death, [96]
• Employs ladies in Choir, [51]
• Father of composer, [1]
• First composition, [9]
• Flautist, [7]
• Grandfather of composer, [1], [4]
• Harpsichordist, [22]
• His will, [98]
• In Dublin, [19]
• In Edinburgh, [40]
• Introduces P.F. accomp., [51]
• Leaves wife in Dublin, [46]
• Marriage, [21]
• Member Soc. of Mus., [14]
• Mother of composer, [2], [11], [13], [15]
• Mus. Doc. Oxon, [49]
• Reunited to wife, [94]
• Son Michael born, [38]
• Violinist, [8], [22], [125]
• Wife of composer, [2], [11], [13], [15], [20], [22], [24], [46], [57], [72], [94], [102], [115], [125], [127]
• Arne, Edward, [4]
• Arne, Michael, bro. of composer, [9]
• Arne, Michael, Mrs., [79]
• Arne, Michael, son of composer, [38], [62], [77], [92], [97], [101]
• Arne, Susanna, sis. of composer, [9]
• Arnold, [92], [102]
• Artaxerxes, [54], [61]
• As you like it, [17], [28]
• Attwood, [136]
• Augusta, Princess, [12], [112]
• Baddely, [67], [70]
• Baildon, [24], [27], [66], [127]
• Baker, [127], [129]
• Banks, [2]
• Barbarini, [114]
• Barbatielli, [29]
• Barbier, [9]
• Barnes, [4]
• Barry, [34], [84]
• Barthelemon, [50], [74]
• Barthelemon, Mrs., [67], [95], [102]
• Barthelemon, Cecelia M., [94], [115]
• Bartholomew fair, [113]
• Battle Symphony, [133]
• Bayly, [47]
• Beard, [13], [15], [17], [49], [55], [58], [61], [121], [129]
• Beethoven, [133]
• Beggar’s Opera, [29], [49], [61]
• Beviamo tutti tre, [66]
• Bickerstaff, [49], [58], [81]
• Billington, [57]
• Blow, thou winter wind, [17]
• Bradford, [73]
• Braham, [57]
• Breathe the pipe, [52]
• Brent, [41], [43], [45], [49], [55], [60], [85]
• Brickler, [51]
• Britannia, rouse, at heaven’s command, [131]
• Brown, [57], [67]
• Busby, [92]
• Butler, [45]
• By dimpled brook, [13]
• Calkin, [134]
• Capricious lovers, [81]
• Caractacus, [91]
• Catches and Glees, [64], [76]
• Cathedrals, Dublin, [23]
• Catley, [61]
• Cervetto, [15]
• Chambers, [9]
• Champness, [67], [80]
• Chappell, [130]
• Charles, [25]
• Chateauneuf, [30]
• Chi scherza colle rose, [20]
• Churchill, [54]
• Cibber, [10], [13], [19], [35], [58], [79], [84]
• Cliefden, [111]
• Clive, [13], [16], [37], [81], [116], [118]
• Colgan, [23], [27], [125]
• Colin and Phœbe, [37]
• Collins, [129]
• Colman, [73]
• Come, follow me, [70]
• Come, if you dare, [68], [80]
• Come, shepherds, we’ll follow, [63], [102]
• Comus, [12], [19], [24], [28], [33], [40], [44], [61]
• Comus’s Court, [14]
• Concerto, [92]
• Congreve, [15], [114], [124]
• Connel, [127]
• Corfe, [9]
• Cornelys, [52]
• Coronation Anthem, [23]
• Corry, [43]
• Country girl at court, [82]
• Covent Garden Theatre riot, [61]
• Cramer, [134]
• Crown and Anchor, [53]
• Cumberland, Duke of, [10]
• Cymbeline, [49]
• Dalton, [12]
• Dance, [134]
• Daphne and Amintor, [81]
• Davis, [24], [27]
• Death of Abel, [28], [31], [92]
• Death of Nelson, [65]
• Delany, [12], [47]
• Delicæ Musicæ, [66]
• Dibdin, [51], [77]
• Dido and Æneas, [10]
• Dirge, [71]
• Dodsley, [39]
• Dragon of Wantley, [22], [30], [40]
• Drury Lane Theatre, [10], [35], [61]
• Dryden, [68]
• Dubourg, [23], [27]
• Edwards, [16]
• Elfrida, [79]
• Eliza, [41], [49]
• Esther, [20], [38]
• Eton College, [3], [6]
• Fairest Isle, [70]
• Fairies, [40]
• Faramond, [20]
• Farinelli, [20]
• Father of Mercies, [52]
• Fawcett, [52], [60], [73]
• Fergusson, [51]
• Festing, [7], [14]
• Fielding, [9], [76]
• Fishamble Street room, [69]
• Fisher, [76]
• Fitzpatrick, [62]
• Fleet prison, [4]
• Foote, [81]
• Forest, [74]
• Foster, [13]
• Fox, [77]
• Frasi, [121], [129]
• Frederick, Prince of Wales, [111], [116]
• From the eternal regions, [118]
• From yonder bower, [33]
• Frost scene, [70]
• Gainsborough, [7]
• Galli, [129]
• Gamble, [135]
• Garrick, [12], [15], [21], [35], [58], [61], [67], [77], [82], [126]
• Garrick, G., [88]
• Gay, [44], [112]
• Geminiani, [27]
• Gentle swain, [15]
• Gentleman’s Mag., [123]
• Giardini, [66]
• Gifford, [80]
• Glorious voice, [17]
• God save the King, [36]
• Gordon, [35]
• Green, [14]
• Grenville, [6], [77]
• Groombridge, [92]
• Guadagni, [129]
• Guardian angels, [132]
• Guardian outwitted, [62]
• Hail, immortal Bacchus, [52]
• Hallam, [62]
• Hamilton, [77]
• Handel, [8], [12], [19], [23], [27], [31], [38], [127], [132]
• Hark! the bonny, [66]
• Hark! what notes enchant, [43]
• Harlequin sorcerer, [39]
• Hasse, [20]
• Haste to the gardens, [52]
• Haymarket Theatre, [8], [11]
• He was despised, [12]
• Hear, Alfred, [117]
• Hear, angels, [52]
• Henry IV., [30]
• Here, sons of Jacob, [53]
• Hill, [13], [135]
• Hither turn thee, [17]
• Horsley, [124]
• Horton, [114-116]
• How blest are the shepherds, [70]
• How cheerful along the gay mead, [32]
• How gentle was my Damon’s air, [13]
• How happy the lover, [70]
• How sleep the brave, [129]
• Huggins, [4]
• Hymen, [20]
• Hymn of Eve, [32]
• I call you all to Woden-hall, [68]
• If those, who live in Shepherd’s, [119]
• In thoughtless gay prosperity, [128]
• Ianthe and Iphis, [39]
• Indian Kings, [3]
• Jack, thou’rt a toper, [66]
• Jameson, [81]
• Jewell, [77], [81]
• Johnson, [13], [56], [82]
• Jones, [9]
• Joseph, [127]
• Judgment of Paris, [15], [114], [122], [124]
• Judith, [50], [62], [68], [76]
• King Arthur, [68], [79]
• Kirkman, [5]
• Kitty, [45]
• Knight of the Burning Pestle, [130]
• Knowles, [45]
• Lacy, [60]
• Ladies’ hoops, [24]
• Lafitte and Galliard, [135]
• Lampe, [40]
• Lampe, Mrs., [38]
• Lascia cadermi, [20]
• Lass with the delicate air, [39]
• Layfield, [27], [30]
• Legge, [39]
• Let not a moonbeam, [69]
• Leveridge, [9]
• Lincoln’s Inn Fields theatre, [9]
• Little gipsy, [82-91]
• Live to us, to empire, [56]
• Lock hospital, [50]
• Love in a village, [58]
• Love rapture, [67]
• Lowe, [17], [27], [30], [33], [39], [120], [125], [127]
• Mackenzie, [136]
• Madrigal Society, [62]
• Mallet, [111], [128]
• Mansfield, [62]
• Manzuoli, [63]
• Mara, [57]
• Mason, [91]
• Mattocks, [49], [55]
• Mawhood, [62], [64], [70], [96], [102]
• May-day, [83]
• Merchant of Venice, [33]
• Metastasio, [54], [63]
• Millar, [116], [127]
• Mills, [13], [116]
• Milton, [12]
• Milward, [13], [114], [116]
• Miss in her ’teens, [37]
• Miss Lucy in town, [22-29]
• Mountain, [9]
• Much Ado about Nothing, [48]
• Neal, [23], [24]
• Neal, Master, [25]
• Neate, [134]
• Neil, [42]
• Nightingale, [66]
• No more the heathen, [52]
• Noblemen’s Catch Club, [63]
• Non chiamarmi, [20]
• Norris, [58-65]
• Novello, [71]
• Now Phœbus sinketh, [13]
• O beauteous Queen, [20]
• O fairest, [20]
• O Lord, grant the King, [136]
• O peace, [20], [116]
• O peace, descend, [70]
• O ravishing delight, [15]
• O sight, [70]
• O too lovely, [55]
• O’er William’s tomb, [65]
• Olimpiade, [63]
• On Chloe sleeping, [66]
• Orphan, The, [101]
• Orpheus and Euridice, [114], [124]
• Otway, [101]
• Pasquali, [41]
• Pasqualino, [125]
• Paxton, [96], [100]
• Pemberton, [64-71]
• Pennyworth of wit, [87]
• Pepusch, [49]
• Per le porte, [20]
• Perseus and Andromeda, [62]
• Pesetti, [56]
• Philharmonic Society, [134]
• Philharmonic Society, Dublin, [32]
• Phillips, [12], [57], [77]
• Pianoforte, [51]
• Pilkington, [27]
• Pincushion, [44]
• Poculum elevatum, [63]
• Potter, [134]
• Prepare the genial bowers, [52]
• Prince of Wales, [12]
• Prior, [45]
• Prithee, friend, [66]
• Punch, the medium, [67]
• Purcell, [33], [65], [68]
• Pye, [44]
• Quin, [13], [19], [114]
• Rafter, [80]
• Ranelagh, [64]
• Redburn, [41]
• Rehearsal, [32]
• Rennett, [73]
• Requiem, [72]
• Rich, [39], [90], [112]
• Rival Queens, [28]
• Rosamond, [9], [20], [43]
• Rose, [57]
• Rosengrave, [23]
• Royal license, [18]
• Royal Society of Musicians, [14]
• Rule, Britannia, [15], [115], [119]
• Rule, Britannia, in Germany, [132]
• Rule, Britannia, rise and fight, [130]
• Sadler, [42]
• Saint George the patron, [70]
• Salway, [116]
• Sardinian Chapel, [2]
• Saul, [20]
• Scott, [102]
• Serenata, [12]
• Shakespeare jubilee, [67]
• Shenstone, [39]
• Sloper, [10]
• Smith, [63], [77]
• Soldier and his friend, [65]
• Soldier tired, [55]
• Solomon, [38]
• Sosarmes, [20]
• Spandau, [50]
• Spencer, [43]
• Squire Badger, [76]
• Stephens, [57]
• Stevens, [59]
• Storer, [23], [25], [27], [48]
• Street intrigue, [66]
• Swan, [24]
• Sweet bird, [20]
• Sweet echo, [13], [24]
• Sweet valley, [117]
• Sybilla, [24], [27], [127]
• Tempest, [37], [44]
• Tenducci, [52], [55], [57]
• Theodosius, [33]
• Thomas, [55], [135]
• Thomas and Sally, [49]
• Thompson, [77], [130]
• Thomson, [112]
• Thou soft flowing Avon, [67]
• Thursfield, [1]
• Thus I infuse, [70]
• ’Tis sweet the blushing, [70]
• To virtue with rapture, [70]
• Tom Thumb, [9], [22], [26]
• Tonson, [56]
• Tragedy of tragedies, [9]
• Twelfth night, [28]
• Two daughters, [70]
• Tyers, [74]
• Un guardo solo, [20]
• Under the greenwood tree, [17]
• Vado e vido, [20]
• Vauxhall gardens, [37]
• Vernon, [59-67]
• Vernon, Mrs, [49-55]
• Wagner, [133]
• Wake, my harp, [52]
• Walsh, [39], [51], [121]
• Warrell, [56]
• Water parted from the sea, [66]
• Waylett, [12]
• We must work, [70]
• Weelkes, [66]
• Weideman, [14]
• Welch (Walsh), [46], [125]
• Weller, [67], [73], [80], [84], [87], [89]
• Westminster Abbey, [12]
• Wheeler, [1]
• When Britain first, [119], [124]
• When daisies pied, [17]
• When gay Bacchus, [66]
• When Israel wept, [52]
• When our great Prince, [132]
• Where the bee sucks, [37], [117]
• Which is the properest day to drink?, [67]
• Whittington’s feast, [93]
• William (King), [136]
• William and Margaret, [130]
• Who can Jehovah’s wrath, [52]
• With heroes and sages, [52]
• Woodman, [57]
• Worsdale, [30]
• Wright, [79], [101]
• Wrighten, Mrs, [70]
• Young, Cecilia, [2], [9], [11]
• Young, Charles, [11], [41]
• Young, Miss, [41], [43]
• Young, E, [44]
• Young, Polly, [41], [43], [46], [48], [74], [127]

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[COMPOSITIONS BY DR. ARNE.]

SONGS.		s. d.
Twenty Songs		1 6
Gentle Swain		2 0
Guardian Angels		1 6
O ravishing delight		1 6
When icicles		1 6
PART-SONGS.
Blow, blow thou wintry wind (Unison Song)		0 1½
Come away, death (S.A.T.B.)		0 2
Rule, Britannia (S.A.T.B.)		0 1½
Do. (T.T.B.B.)		0 1
Do. (Solo with ad lib. Chorus)		0 1½
Where the bee sucks (S.A.T.B.)		0 1½
Do. (S.S.T.B.)		0 3
Do. (Two-part)		0 1½
Which is the properest day to sing (S.A.T.B.)		0 2
Do. (S.S.A.)		0 1½
If o’er the cruel tyrant, love	folio	0 9
The Curfew (Round for four voices)		0 1½
Under the greenwood tree (Unison Song)		0 1½
VIOLIN.
Trio—Sonata in E minor		3 0
ORGAN.
By the rushy-fringed bank—Air from “Comus”		1 0
March, “Judith”		1 0
Largo—Overture to “Artaxerxes”		1 0

London: NOVELLO AND COMPANY, Limited.

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