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EDITORIAL
In volume six we promised to widen the scope of Chelys to include
material outside the central concern of the Society—that is, English music
of the seventeenth century. We feel, therefore, that this present volume,
entirely concentrated in that one area, needs a little explanation. The sudden
arrival of a number of extremely important articles dealing with
biographical and analytical topics has prompted us to issue them straight
away, without waiting for the usual crop of music and book reviews, notes,
queries and letters. Volume eight will be another double issue, largely
devoted to foreign music, and with that, our primary task, to bring Chelys up
to date, will have been achieved. To maintain its punctuality after that we
would like to renew our appeal for contributions of all types.
We gratefully acknowledge the help of David Pinto in preparing the
musical illustrations for the articles.
WENDY HANCOCK
PETER HOLMAN