“s Choice Ayres, Songs and Dialogues and an anthem, the name of which is unknown, for the Chapel Royal. From an extant letter written by his uncle Thomas Purcell, we learn that this anthem was composed for the exceptionally fine voice of the Rev. John Gostling, who was then at Canterbury, but afterwards became a gentleman of His Majesty”
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