On 2007-04-23 23:07:24 +0200, aleksios <alex0192@gmail.com> said: But what about music? There's tons of it in his plays -- though I wonder what tune accompanied Sir John's bellows for more sack (surely, none of Dowland's!) -- but not much influence on CM, or is there? Rummaging through my collection, I find Purcell's "Fairy Queen" (not much to write home about), a lovely Mendelssohn/Sommernachtstraum