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Excerpt from Two Hundred and Fifty Manuscripts, Books Autographs: Including a Superlative Example of Caxton's Press, an Important Series of Incunabula and a Collection of Books Printed on Vellum
Alfred. This was performed on Friday and Saturday, 1 and 2 Aug, 1740, on a stage erected in the gardens of the house of Frederick, Prince of Wales, at Cliveden, Bucks, at a fete given in commemoration of the accession of George I, and in honour of the birth of Princess Augusta This perform ance is memorable in the annals of English music, for it was for Alfred that Arne composed Rule, Britannia, ' perhaps the finest national song possessed by any nation, and for which alone, even if he had produced nothing else, Arne would deserve a prominent place amongst musicians of all countries.
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