Word: jacobein
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...modern reader seldom realizes that most Elizabethan, Jacobein, and Restoration lyrics were written to be sung; and as a result, he misses much of their intrinsic charm and beauty. This volume of the songs of John Dryden, collected together for the first time, includes the original music by Purcell, Grabu, and Draghi, never before made available to the public. In it one can now study the poems as they were originally presented, as Restoration audiences heard them first...
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