Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Notes
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Henry Purcell. Frontispiece.
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH MUSIC
BY ERNEST FORD F.R.A.M.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1912 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.