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David Garrick's Masque Of King Arthur With Thomas Arne's Score (1770)., Todd Gilman
David Garrick's Masque Of King Arthur With Thomas Arne's Score (1770)., Todd Gilman
Todd Gilman
A thorough overview of significant revivals and adaptations of John Dryden and Henry Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur (1691) extending well into the nineteenth century. Concludes the the music of the preeminent English-born composer Thomas Augustine Arne contributed immeasurably to the success of several subsequent revivals of the opera.