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The Ayrton Papers: Music in London, 1786 1858 THE AYRTON PAPERS: MUSIC IN LONDON, 1786 1858 PAMELA WILLETTS RECENTLY acquired papers^ of William Ayrton (1777-1858), musician and critic, sometime Director of the Italian opera at the King's Theatre, and editor of the Harmonicon, proved to be the residue of the collection of Ayrton's correspondence and papers presented by Miss Phyllis Ayrton, his great-granddaughter, in 1964.^ The new collection consists mainly of family papers, but, owing to the wide social and musical connections of Ayrton's father and those of the Arnold family into which he married, these touch on many notable personalities and events. The centre is mainly London, but there is interesting material concerning Cambridge and other places mentioned in a travel journal of 1786 written by Ayrton's uncle, William Ayrton of Ripon. William Ayrton was bred up to the musical profession by his father. Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734-1808), organist, vicar-choral of St. Paul's, layclerk of Westminster Abbey, and Master of the Children of His Majesty's Chapels. Dr. Ayrton had a numerous family but he gave this second son a liberal education as well as a grounding in music and 'rendered him fit to engage in any situation, or associate in any society'.^ William Ayrton married on 17 May 1803 Marianne, daughter of the composer and organist of Westminster Abbey, Dr. Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), who had been a member of his father's circle of friends. Dr. Arnold appears in the new collection as the writer of an affectionate and whimsical letter to his daughter (16 August 1795)." Her sisters, he wrote, found it too hot to accompany him to the Abbey, and ^poor Pill Garlick must trudge alone'; he recommended in her hostess and godmother, Mrs. Mallett, 'hourly examples worthy imitation, as her gentleness of manner, and well observed knowledge of the world (such as a female should possess)' and asked her to make his compliments 'for a man of business is always awkward at Compliments, and to tell you the truth I never had that Knack . ..' Dr. Arnold was more sympathetic than his wife and daughter to the suit of another man of business, the publisher James Harrison,^ for his daughter's hand in 1792. Harrison was a widower, 'within 2 months of 39', and had a son by his first marriage. A letter (24 June 1792) to Dr. Arnold from the rejected suitor thanked him for playing 'a kind and a candid part' and mentioned that he had Ventured to remonstrate, at some length, in a letter sent last night to Mrs. Arnold'.^ Harrison was not to know that the ladies were not taking him seriously. A mischievous postscript by Marianne to a letter from her mother (21 June 1792) to Dr. Arnold held no hope for Mr. Harrison: 'I think I begin to waver in my (before)//.v'J determination, when 1 consider the respectable black beard; the delights of Son in Law |i.c. stepson | of 77 to play with;& the sweet A\r of Paternoster Row; joind to the age which 1 have been iiscustomed to Love in a l''ather . .'"^ A scries of letters (1792- 1.S12) to Marianne from her mother gives a few more glimpses of Dr. Arnold enfamille^ and even a few snatches of his speech, for Mrs. Arnold wrote conversationally.^ She grumbled at him (19 May 1799) for being an unwilling correspondent: 'let me hear of your schemes & projects & as your lazy Daddy won't (he'll pretend to say busy, & can't I suppose) do you let me know —when does he come ?' She dismissed them both (4 Feb- ruary 1801) as 'now Jog trot old folks' but went on to describe a visit to the theatre: 'we went into the Pit -to please me—I saw & heard ... the Stranger: & our Veteran [Dr. Arnold's comic opera, ( cteran Tar] — \hc Wife& the Mother could not be quiet enough to give the individual fair play I shall see it again with more critical composure before I make up my Mind entirely —it is certainly a very loyal interesting little piece & the music pretty—very pretty some parts—the House very full, & a great deal of fair applause you understand my meaning—no paper credit last Night.' She was to attend a concert the following day 'tho' there is not a Note play'd that would carry me—all good things—but really worn to Shreds'. Hut despite the cheerfulness there is a twist at the end of the letter: 7 feel ;;/i'.\-(7/that in this Spot of Cabal & evil speaking. Lying and Slandering—there is little chance ot serenity—for anybody (true I only hear of it; mix in it I never will)—I cannot but connect favorable ideas with absence from Westm"": . .' Later, the same year, there is a lively description of a journey home from Woburn (14 September 1801): 'at last however dirty pavement, thick foggy unsavoury Atmosphere & jolting & rattling announced the Change — & (as y": P'ather says— /say) ^^Here weare^' & "so wx zv&—lobe sure we .//•(•" <S notes higher . .' But their anticipation of a comfortable welcome home was disappointed: '1 supp()sc you ihtiught of a tacc dish of Tea; & you saw me enjoying it, & Papa his Tumbler of Rum & Water; & a Woburn Cake Toasted & Butter'd—aye here comes a very lamentable Tale indeed . .' for the maids had played truant and 'gone Arm in Arm I suppose to CV/fZ/Jc/jiious devout pair'. Dr. Arnold was injured in a fall from his library steps in i7()S and his health was permanently impaired."* He continued with his professional engagements and during the last year of his life there are references to his conducting and rehearsing his works: (21 July 1802) 'Y"! Feather is rehearsing for Tomorr. 1^\ ng. ///(• '',,'^ Lcllcr^ \ 1 )r. Arnold's musical farce, the Snty-Third Letter]. In August there was a sudden decline in his health; a visit to Brighton brought no improvement and he died on 11 October. .Marianne's journals show her grief, but his death seems to have removed an obstacle to her marriage. An earlier record from \\ illiam Ayrton's side of the family is the first part of the original journal kept by his uncle, another William Ayrton who was organist of Ripon, on his journe\ to London in 1786."^' This now joins the unidentified end of the journal in the pre\ious Ayrton collection." The purpose of his journey was to bring his son, William Morell Ayrton (b. 1778), who had been elected a King's Scholar at Westminster, to reside with his uncle; Dr. Edmund Ayrton was Master of the King's Scholars among his many other duties. William Ayrton of Ripon attended many musical functions during his visit of 8 barely a month, and his comments are those of a professional though provincial musician. On 26 May he attended one of the first series of subscription concerts arranged by Johann Peter Salomon at the Hanover Square Rooms. The performers included Salomon as leader, Clementi at the piano, and 'Fisher^^ played the Hautboy very accurately', a note- worthy event as the intonation of the baroque oboe was difficult to control. He attended several rehearsals in Westminster Abbey (27, 29, and 31 May) for one of the series of spectacular musical festivals in commemoration of Handel organized by Joah Bates. 'The very grand orchestra to the amasing number of 700 and upwards' played a mammoth programme which included Handel's Dettingen Te Deum, two concertos, and several anthems and choruses; practices and performances lasted from 12 o'clock to four in the afternoon. On i June he was at a 'practice of the Messiah', which was attended by the Royal family, bishops, ambassadors 'and most of the distinguished persons in Town'; he gave the size of the audience, excluding performers, as 2,545. On the following Sunday he was critical of the chanting at the Abbey: 'they sung in tune but not in time oweing to the different maner of speaking their words which was not close and altogether as Canta Ferma ought to be, clashing as the Pop guns when irregular firings in the Park are made.' His account of the young musical prodigy, William Crotch,^^ adds a few details to what is known: (8 June) 'Young Crotch being now ten years old did surprise me in playing on the Harpsichord, Clementi's Lessons, being laid before him, he play'd them with great rappidity'; (12 June) 'he sat to the Harpsichord and playd many lessons, and sung to us with great propriety: he gave me a book of his owne composition which surprised me to see so much correctness and judgment in so young a boy'; (13 June) 'Master Crotch and his Mother came to tea; he playd on ye organ, harpsichord. My Lord Rochford came in to hear Crotch: all the gentlemen think him a merakle: my brother gave him a guinea.' Lord Rochford himself was the possessor of a remarkable unbroken soprano voice: (i o June) 'At 120 Clock Lord Rochford came to the Doctors, and sung Sol Fa and Glees in parts, one by Jos. Baildon, Adieu to the village delights in E: his Lordship took the upper part, which he sung very well with a soprano voice; he also sung. He shall feed his flock, and I know that my Redeemer liveth, with the same sort of voice which surprised me how he sustain that sort of voice quiet through. I suppose Lord Rochford to have attained the age of 20 years.'^'* On his journey home to Ripon the elder William Ayrton visited relatives and saw the sights in Cambridge including the fields near Emmanuel where 'young gentlemen play at that laboreous game Cricket'.
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