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An Anecdote Involving Handel and a 'Scoundrel' who Could not Sing at First Sight (1741/1784)
‘When Handel went through Chester, in his way to Ireland, this year 1741, I was at the Public-School in the city, and very well remember...

Tim Braithwaite


Thomas Morley on the Embarrassment of being Unable to Sing a Part at Sight (1597)
‘But supper having ended, and music books having been brought to the table, according to the custom: the mistress of the house presented...

Tim Braithwaite
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