Excerpt from Purcell 1658-1695
Take the light away from the skies, take the flowers off our earth, take the waves from the sea, and take Music out of our lives, and what is left? A darkened world, a barren earth, a waste of stagnant water, saddened days and joyless nights.
Music, in one form or another, - whether learned or simple, vocal or instrumental, dramatic or lyrical, appeals to our entire race, and those who have spent their years in producing it for us, have contributed abundantly to the sum of human happiness. Acknowledging our indebtedness to them, it is but natural that we should wish to know something about the when, where, and how, of their activities.
This information the present series of biographies of Music's mighty Masters, supplies, in briefly-told volumes, full of reliable facts, with very little exaggeration or partisanship, and compiled by authors of highest standing, each with special qualification for his task.
The volumes are issued at the uniform price of 2s. 6d., and are obtainable from any bookseller in the Kingdom and Colonies.
The general editorship has been entrusted to Mr. Francesco Berger, Hon. R.A.M., F.G.S.M., whose extended experience has been of valuable service to us and whose ready help we gratefully acknowledge.
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