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Creator
Date
2017
Location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
England
England
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xix, 288 pages
Language
English
Size
26 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 353879
Folger call number: ML1015.G9 P34 2017
Folger holdings ID: 502229
Folger call number: ML1015.G9 P34 2017
Folger holdings ID: 502229
Summary
"This is the first history of the guitar during the reign of the Stuarts, a time of great political and social upheaval in England. In this engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean records, through its heyday at the Restoration court in Whitehall, to its decline in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The book explores the passion of Charles II himself for the guitar, and that of Samuel Pepys, who commissioned the largest repertoire of guitar-accompanied song to survive from baroque Europe. Written in Page's characteristically approachable style, this volume will appeal to general readers as well as to music historians and guitar specialists."--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Also known as
Extended title: The guitar in Stuart England : a social and musical history / Christopher Page
Subjects
Related names
author: Page, Christopher, 1952-
subject: Stuart Familie
subject: Stuart Familie