Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright

Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (10 April, 1864 - 16 August, 1944) [Baker, Theodore; rev. by Nicolas Slonimsky (1978) "Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians - 6th ed." New York: Schirmer Books, 54.] was a British musicologist.

Educated at Oxford, Arkwright was the editor of "The Old English Edition", containing masques, ballets, motets, madrigals, etc., by English composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, and published in 25 volumes between 1889 and 1902. He was the founding editor of "The Musical Antiquary", published quarterly from 1909 to 1913 and also edited church music of Henry Purcell in the Purcell Society's edition published between 1889 and 1902. [Saerchinger, César (1918) "International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer" New York: Current Literature Publishing Company, 25.] [ [http://www.nisc.com/ripm/volume_description/MUA.htm The Musical Antiquary 1909-1913 ] ]

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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qIEFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA25 Article on Arkwright in Saerchinger via Google Books.]