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JOHN WILSON'S SMALL PLACE in musical and literary history has been due in large part to reflected glory from the light of Shakespeare. A few slight and charming settings by Wilson of such lyrics as "Take, O take those lips away," "Where the bee sucks," and "Lawn as white as driven snow," are mentioned in all studies of Shakespeare music. Rimbault held an attractive theory, which has never been fully substantiated, that John Wilson could be identified with Jack Wilson, a singing boy in Shakespeare's company; whether true or not the theory has given further weight to the association with the great dramatist.' But Wilson's status as a composer in his own right has never been appraised. The long career of this musician, which coincided with one of the most eventful |
