A biographical dictionary of English court musicians, 1485-1714
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A biographical dictionary of English court musicians, 1485-1714
Ashgate, c1998
- :set
- v.1
- v.2
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index (vol.2)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Compiled by scholars with unrivalled knowledge of the sources, this dictionary provides biographies of all musicians and instrument makers employed by the English court from 1485-1714. A number of the musicians featured here have never previously received a dictionary entry. Coverage of these minor figures helps to flesh out the picture of musical life in the court in a way which individual studies of more major composers cannot. In addition to basic biographical details, entries feature information on: appointments; probate material; family background; heraldry; signatures and holograph documents; subscriptions to books; bibliographic references. A finding-list of variant names, details of the succession of court places assumed by musicians and an index of subjects and place names completes this comprehensive reference work.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Volume I: (646 pages)
- Introduction
- Notes on entries
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Bibliographical codes
- Names: a Finding List for Variants
- The Dictionary: A-H. Volume II: (635 pages)
- The Dictionary: I-Z
- The Succession of Places of Court Musicians: The Private Music
- strings, keyboard, wind, drums
- Trumpeters
- The Chapel Royal men
- Tables showing family connections between court musicians
- Index of Subjects and Places
- Addenda.
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