Paying the piper : music in pre-1642 Cheshire

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Paying the piper : music in pre-1642 Cheshire

by Elizabeth Baldwin ; with a contribution on Music in the city by David Mills

(Early drama, art, and music monograph series, 29)

Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, 2002

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  • paperbound

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Note

bibliography : p. 248-263

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Music in context
  • Music in the city / by David Mills
  • Music in the county
  • Music and the gentry
  • The musical instruments
  • Appendix I, Inventories of Cheshire musicians
  • Appendix II, Named musicians

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

casebound ISBN 9781580440400

Description

In Paying the Piper Elizabeth Baldwin studies the early music situation in a single county, Cheshire, from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Civil War, focusing on music outside the regular control of the church and looking not only at the trained professional but at music makers, from the performers at guild feasts to the gentleman who takes music lessons and the alehousekeeper who plays the pipes. Baldwin attempts to set the performer of music in a social, economic, legal, and possibly political context. Who was performing music, where, when, and why? What instruments were played, and by whom? What attitudes were there towards music, and how did they vary according to circumstances and religious affiliation? Did Cheshire's special status with respect to the Statute of Vagabonds really make any difference to the performers in the county?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction I. Music in Context II. Part 1. Music in the City by David Mills II. Part 2. Music in the Country III. Music and the Gentry IV. The Musical Instruments Appendix I. Inventories of Cheshire Musicians Appendix II. Named Musicians Notes Bibliography Index
Volume

paperbound ISBN 9781580440417

Description

In Paying the Piper Elizabeth Baldwin studies the early music situation in a single county, Cheshire, from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Civil War, focusing on music outside the regular control of the church and looking not only at the trained professional but at music makers, from the performers at guild feasts to the gentleman who takes music lessons and the alehousekeeper who plays the pipes. Baldwin attempts to set the performer of music in a social, economic, legal, and possibly political context. Who was performing music, where, when, and why? What instruments were played, and by whom? What attitudes were there towards music, and how did they vary according to circumstances and religious affiliation? Did Cheshire's special status with respect to the Statute of Vagabonds really make any difference to the performers in the county?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction I. Music in Context II. Part 1. Music in the City by David Mills II. Part 2. Music in the Country III. Music and the Gentry IV. The Musical Instruments Appendix I. Inventories of Cheshire Musicians Appendix II. Named Musicians

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