10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASTER OF THE KING'S MUSIC»
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1
Songs with Theorbo (ca. 1650-1663)
The exact date of Lanier's appointment as Master of the King's Music is not clear.
The earliest reference to him with this title is a livery warrant dated 13 June 1626.
The warrant of appointment of Lanier and other members of the King's Music is ...
2
The Lute in Britain: A History
of the Instrument and Its
Music
74 Holman, Four and Twenty Fiddlers, 262. 7> RECM iii. 44. Lanier's
appointment received the signet warrant on 12 Jan. 1615/16. '* Lanier is first
mentioned as Master of the King's Music in 1626. See RECM iii. 18. 77 These
assumptions arc ...
3
The Diary
of Samuel Pepys
... of having them turned out of their places; several have been turned out without
orders from the king or Lord Chamberlain” (“Calendar,” 1666—67, p. 593).
1Louis Grabut or Grebus, Master of the King's Music. The 1666—67 SAMUEL
PEPYS ...
Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, 1665
4
Apollo's Swan and Lyre: Five Hundred Years
of the Musicians' ...
... but also for much of the music (performed by his violinists) for the productions
of the two licensed theatre companies, the king's and the Duke of York's.32 If,
after Lanier's death, Banister had been appointed Master of the King's Music, as
he ...
5
A General History
of the Science and Practice
of Music in ...
master of the king's music, brought singing to perfection in France, 'by introducing
the shake, and other graces, to which the French till 'his time were strangers. In
1669 the king granted to Cambert his 'letters parent for an opera, he having a ...
6
A General History
Of The Science and Practice
Of Music: In ...
... to Sir Herbert Croft, bishop of Hereford : she was living in the year 1695. Upon
the accession of Charles I. to the crown, Nicholas Laniere was appointed master
of the king's music j and in Rymer's Fœdera, torn. XVIII. pag. 728, is the following
...
7
Historical Dictionary
of English
Music: ca. 1400-1958
LANIER, NICHOLAS (1588—1666). Lutanist, singer, and composer. Lanier, the
most prominent member of a musical family active at court, was named a royal
lutanist in 1616; he became Master of the King's Music un— der Charles I in 1625
, ...
Charles Edward McGuire, Steven E. Plank, 2011
8
Self-Portrait
of Percy Grainger
Bax was knighted in 1937 and became Master of the King's Music in 1942. 52.
Op. 32 (1914-16). Gardiner had paid for a private orchestral rehearsal and
performance of the work by the Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Adrian
Boult, ...
Malcolm Gillies Deputy Vice-Chancellor Australian National University, Melbourne David Pear Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow Monash University, Elder School of Music University of Adelaide Mark Carroll Senior Lecturer, 2006
9
Music in
the British Provinces, 1690-1914
... 'His Excellency the Lord CARTARET Lord Lieutenant, General, and General
Governour of Ireland, 'Mr John Sigismond Cousser, Master of Musick, Master of
the King's Music in Ireland', 'Mr. — Clegg' and 'Henry Davis' (presumably
members ...
Rachel Cowgill, Peter Holman, 2007
10
The Age
of Milton: An Encyclopedia
of Major 17th-Century ...
In 1666 Charles appointed a Frenchman, Louis Grabu, as master of the King's
music, the highest musical post in England. In 1673, Grabu was succeeded by
another Frenchman, Robert Cambert. Charles also sent a number of young
English ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASTER OF THE KING'S MUSIC»
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Master of the King's Music is used in the context of the following news items.
Ex Cathedra to premiere James MacMillan's Seven Angels at Town …
... he was to become Britain's official composer, being made a baronet, awarded the Order of Merit and appointed as Master of the King's Music. «Birmingham Post, Jan 15»
Mistress, Miss, Mrs or Ms: untangling the shifting history of women's …
When the role Master of the King's Music was created in 1626, the words master and mistress were direct equivalents. Today mistress carries ... «New Statesman, Sep 14»
Encyclopaedia of Music reveals Ireland's achievements
An 18th-century violinist. Duborg was “the illegitimate son of a court dancing master” who became master of the king's music in Ireland, and led ... «Irish Examiner, Dec 13»
Composers who put British music on the map
Or that Arnold Bax, Master of the King's Music, spent every winter between 1930 and 1940 at the Station Hotel in Morar, in the Scottish ... «The Independent, Jun 12»
