Excerpt from A Special Loan Exhibition of Musical Instruments, Manuscripts, Books, Portraits, and Other Mementoes of Music and Musicians: Formed to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Granting by King James I of a Charter of Incorporation to the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1604 The promoters of all these exhibitions were impelled by the same motive which has promptedthe Musicians' Company of London, in com memoration of the third centenary of the granting of their original Charter, to form the present collection of Ancient Musical Instruments and valuable Printed 'books and Autographs. That motive of course is to enable all interested in music under its various aspects to contrast, as a fruitful means of instruction, its past with its present condition - to estimate its growth and development, and to observe what progress has been made in the work of the instrument maker, composer, player, and music printer. From all these points of view it has been sought to make the Exhibition as complete as possible. And in our efforts to accomplish this object we have been stimulated by the Royal favour which our project has received for their Majesties. The King and Queen, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, have not only gracrously given us their Royal patronage, but His. Majesty has also lent us some priceless musical treasures from the Royal Library at Buckingham Palace. 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.