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The Vocal Style of Thomas Augustine Arne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Julian Herbage
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There are today signs that Arne is at last emerging from a cloud of doubt as to his musical ability, a cloud originally laid on him by Dr. Burney, who wrote in his General History of Music:

Arne was never a close imitator of Handel, nor thought, by the votaries of that great musician, to be a sound contrapuntist.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association , Volume 78 , 1951 , pp. 83 - 96
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Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1944

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1 For Footnotes, see p. 95.Google Scholar

1 The Listener, 31 January, 1952.Google Scholar

2 See Musica Britannica III.Google Scholar

3 Observations on the Florid Song by Tosi, translated by Galliard.Google Scholar