Excerpt from A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, Vol. 2 As a practical composer he has doubtless shown great abilities; he was an excellent harmonist, but did not possess the faculty of invention in any very eminent degree. His compositions seem to be the effect of close study and much labour, and have in them little of that sweet melody which are found in those of Bennet, Weelkes, Wilby, Bateson, and some others nor in point of invention and fine contrivance are they to be compared with those of either Bird or Tallis. He composed a solemn burial service, the first perhaps of the kind ever known in England, and which continued to be performed at the interment of persons of rank till it gave way to that of Purcell and Croft, which will hardly ever be excelled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.