This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accur

A history of the English music festival is long overdue. Dr Pippa Drummond argues that these festivals represented the most significant cultural events in provi

The Apollo Academy, a musical club founded in 1731 by Maurice Greene and his friend Michael Christian Festing, was the performance location of various oratorios