Full 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.
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.
