This full edition of John Cunninghams poetical works shows how the poet was much influenced by God, Spirituality, and the beauty of nature. Cunningham focuses on the essential passions of Christianity, the heart and his faszination of the english landscape. He looks with a visionary eye at the human and natural world ot the 18th century. This book is an indispensable addition to the personal library of poetry lovers everywhere."

William Lawes is arguably one of the finest English composers of the early seventeenth century. Born in Salisbury in 1602, he rose to prominence in the early 1630s; in 1635 he gained a prestigious post among the elite private musicians of Charles I (the -Lutes, Viols and Voices-). With the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Lawes took arms in support of the king; he died during the Siege of Chester in September 1645. This book is divided into three sections. The first is a contextual examination of music at the court of Charles I, with specific reference to the abovementioned arcane group of...