MEMOIRS OF THE OPERA IN ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ENGLAND. BY GEORGE HOGARTH, SECRETARY OF THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF LONDON, A NEW EDITION OF THE MUSICAL DRAMA. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, 1851. CONTENTS Neglect of the English Opera at the beginning of the vinia Fenton-Thomas Walker-Jeremiah Clarke-Authors Miss Rafter, afterwards Mrs. Clive-Henry Carey-Miss Arne, afterwards Mrs. Cibber-Thomas Augustine Arne- John Beard-Cecilia Young, afterwards Mrs. Arne-Lampe -The Dragon of Wantley-Comus-Various Operas by Arne-Artaxerxes-English Recitative-Arne's Airs-Love in a Village-Character of Arne-Boyce-The Chaplet and |