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Lambert, Finzi and the anatomy of the Boyce revival

Commenting on the unjustified lack of interest in Boyce's secular and instrumental music, (English composer and scholar Constant) Lambert observed that his music was 'remarkable for its freshness and force' and identified in it 'the freedom of outlook and technique that has always distinguished the really great composers of this country'. He also conveyed his high regard for the symphonies in the introduction to his edition: 'the neglect into which [Boyce's] instrumental works have fallen is unaccountable,' he writes, 'for they rank among the finest compositions of their time not only in England but in Europe'

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