24 August 1692

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1690-1691
Volume: 1
Comments: Gentleman's Journal p. 26, August 1692 (licensed 24 Aug. 1692): The first of the three Songs which I send you is set by Mr Purcell the Italian way; had you heard it sung by Mrs Ayliff you would have owned that there is no pleasure like that which good Notes, when so divinely sung, can create. [The song, Ah me! Ah me! to many, many deaths, the words by John Crowne and the music by Henry Purcell, is in Crowne's Regulus. See Early June 1692.

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    *p2xdlordg Comment. *c2xdlordg <i>Gentleman's Journal</i> p. 26, August 1692 (licensed 24 Aug. 1692): The first of the three Songs which I send you is set by $Mr Purcell= the <i>Italian way</i>; had you heard it sung by $Mrs Ayliff= you would have owned that there is no pleasure like that which good Notes, when so divinely sung, can create. [The song, <i>Ah me! Ah me! to many, many deaths</i>, the words by $John Crowne= and the music by $Henry Purcell=, is in Crowne's <i>Regulus</i>. See Early June 1692.]

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    *p1692 08 24 dlordg Comment.*c1692 08 24 dlordg <i>Gentleman's Journal</i> p. 26, August 1692 (licensed 24 Aug. 1692): The first of the three Songs which I send you is set by $Mr Purcell= the <i>Italian way</i>; had you heard it sung by $Mrs Ayliff= you would have owned that there is no pleasure like that which good Notes, when so divinely sung, can create. [The song, <i>Ah me! Ah me! to many, many deaths</i>, the words by $John Crowne= and the music by $Henry Purcell=, is in Crowne's <i>Regulus</i>. See Early June 1692.]

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    Event: 1849 | 16920824 | dlordg | <i>Gentleman's Journal</i> p. 26, August 1692 (licensed 24 Aug. 1692): The first of the three Songs which I send you is set by $Mr Purcell= the <i>Italian way</i>; had you heard it sung by $Mrs Ayliff= you would have owned that there is no pleasure like that which good Notes, when so divinely sung, can create. [The song, <i>Ah me! Ah me! to many, many deaths</i>, the words by $John Crowne= and the music by $Henry Purcell=, is in Crowne's <i>Regulus</i>. See Early June 1692.

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