Four and Twenty Fiddlers The Violin at the

The royal string band at the English court had its origins in a six-man viol consort from Italy brought to England by Henry VIII in the spring of 1540. This book, written by the director of the acclaimed early music group, The Parley of Instruments, charts the history of the royal string band from its beginnings to the time of Purcell. Drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence, much of it new, Holman considers the previous history of instrumentalists at court and recounts the band's establishment at court in the context of the violin's place in sixteenth-century Europe. The first thorough treatment of this subject, Holman's book will be welcomed for the light it sheds on large areas of music history.

Peter Homan is Senior Associate Lecturer at Colchester Institute School of Music.

List of Plates	p. xvii
List of Figures	p. xviii
List of Tables	p. xx
List of Music Examples	p. xxi
Note to the Reader	p. xxiii
Abbreviations	p. xxv
'Quagmires of History and Terminology': The Origin of the Violin	p. 1
'The Place of a Musicon in Ordinary': Place and Patronage at Court	p. 32
'Mynstrelles with Straunge Soundes': Fiddles, Rebecs, and Viols at the Early Tudor Court	p. 58
'Ministers of Pastime': The String Consort 1540-1558	p. 78
'Musicke of Violenze': The Elizabethan String Consort	p. 104
'Common Musicke': The Violin outside the Court	p. 123
'Nach Englischer Art': A 'Lost' Repertoire of Elizabethan Dance Music	p. 144
'In the Arte of Musicke and Skill of Danceing': The Jacobean Court Orchestra	p. 173
'Coperarios Musique': The Households of Prince Henry and Prince Charles	p. 197
'His Majesties Musique of Violins': The Caroline Court Orchestra	p. 225
'The Fancy-Musick': The Violin and Court Chamber Music 1625-1663	p. 251
'The Fideldedies': Charles II and the Twenty-four Violins	p. 282
'Waiters upon the Violin': The Twenty-four Violins at Court	p. 305
'By Intervals Design'd': Music for the London Stage	p. 331
'Infinitely Gallant': Court Masque and Opera	p. 359
'The French Fantastical Light Way': Violins in the Chapel Royal	p. 389
'A Mighty Musique Entertainment at Court': Reform and Retrenchment 1685-1690	p. 415
Appendices
Succession of Places for String-Players at the Early Tudor Court	p. 437
Succession of Places for Court Violinists 1540-1642	p. 438
Succession of Places in the Twenty-four Violins 1660-1685	p. 440
Some Sizes of Court Violin Bands in Performance 1607-1685	p. 443
Bibliography	p. 447
Books and Articles	p. 447
Music	p. 473
Index	p. 479
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Four and Twenty Fiddlers The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690

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