UID:
almafu_9960118178202883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 288 pages) :
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illustrations ;
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-32967-5
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1-108-30418-4
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1-108-33111-4
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9781108304184 (electronic book)
Series Statement:
Musical performance and reception
Content:
"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engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean records, through its heyday at the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."--
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2017).
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1 The guitar in Jacobean and Caroline England (I): court masque and town fashion -- 2 The guitar in Jacobean and Caroline England (II): London and lodgings abroad -- 3 The restoration court -- 4 Regarding the female guitarist -- 5 Guitars, gallants and gentlewomen -- 6 Samuel Pepys and the guitar all'Italiana -- 7The autumn of the five-course guitar in England.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-41210-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-41978-X
Language:
English
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