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…Charles II—a series of ceremonial odes that began to appear in 1680. Possibly he lacked experience in writing for voices, at any rate on the scale required for works of this kind; or else he had not yet achieved the art of cloaking insipid words in significant music. By 1683…

…music with a series of odes and welcome songs beginning in 1680 (Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King) and extending until the year of his death, 1695, which saw the production of the ode for the Duke of Gloucester’s birthday, Who can from joy refrain? Among the finest of the…