Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface and Acknowledgements xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Academy of Ancient Music: Foundation and Early Years 4
8. 2 Benjamin Cooke: Upbringing, Education and Career 44
9. 3 Cooke and the Academy of Ancient Music, 1752–84 68
10. 4 Musical Discovery in the Age of Enlightenment: History, Theory and the Academy of Ancient Music 104
11. 5 Musical Conjectures (1769) 135
12. 6 Cooke’s Part Songs and Orchestral Anthems 167
13. 7 The Morning Hymn and Collins’s Ode 205
14. Epilogue 250
15. Appendix 1 Letter to David Perez in Lisbon, 1774 258
16. Appendix 2 Musical Conjectures: ‘Instances of Expression by Use of the Common Scale’ 259
17. Appendix 3 The Cooke Collection: A Brief Description 262
18. List of Cooke’s Works 269
19. Bibliography and Suggested Reading 281
20. Index 295