In recent years Purcell's biography has received a good deal of attention, but there has been lit...

The royal string band at the English Court had its origins in a six-man consort from Italy, broug...

Dowland's Lachrimae (1604) is perhaps the greatest but most enigmatic publication of instrumental...

It is normally thought that the bass viol or viola da gamba dropped out of British musical life i...

The period covered by this volume, roughly from Purcell to Elgar, has traditionally been seen as ...

Historians of instruments and instrumental music have long recognized that there was a period of ...

It is normally thought that the bass viol or viola da gamba dropped out of British musical life i...

Dowland's Lachrimae (1604) is perhaps the greatest but most enigmatic publication of instrumental...

The period 1700-1900, roughly from Purcell to Elgar, has traditionally been seen as a dark age in...

This book investigates the ways large-scale music was directed or conducted in Britain before bat...

Ground breaking and comprehensive reference volume covering an extensive range of Purcell studies...

How was large-scale music directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in t...