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The Tempest

opera by Shadwell and Locke
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  • Matthew Locke, portrait by an unknown artist; in the collection of the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford
    Matthew Locke

    
and for Shadwell’s version of The Tempest (1674). In The Tempest Locke used for the first time in English music directions such as “soft” and “louder by degrees” and included tremolos for stringed instruments.

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and for Shadwell’s version of The Tempest (1674). In The Tempest Locke used for the first time in English music directions such as “soft” and “louder by degrees” and included tremolos for stringed instruments.

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