The Fund for Decay'd Musicians

The music in 'The Fund for Decay’d Musicians' celebrates the founding and the eighteenth-century history of this remarkable organisation, now the Royal Society of Musicians. The programme features works by subscribing composers, all of whom worked in London’s thriving theatres and pleasure gardens, including Handel, Greene, Arne, and many more. Weaved amongst the music itself will be fascinating stories from the Royal Society’s archives about the men, women and children who received support from the fund in its early years.