William Lawes (1602-1645)

Part 1. The Environment. 1. William Lawes and the 'Lutes, Viols and Voices'. Andrew Ashbee. 2. William Lawes's Music for Plays. Julia K. Wood. 3. 'That Sacred Oratory': Religion and the Chapel Royal during the Personal Rule of Charles I. Anthony Milton. 4. The True Christmas: Carols at the Court of Charles I. David Pinto. 5. Images of Virtue and War: Music in Civil War Oxford. Jonathan P. Wainwright. 6. Paper in English Music Manuscripts: 1620-1645. Robert Thompson. 7. Wednesday, 24 September, 1645 - The Death of William Lawes during the Battle of Rowton Heath at the Siege of Chester. Layton Ring. 8. 'Choice Psalmes': A Brother's Memorial. Andrew Robinson. Part 2. The Music. 9. Formality and Rhetoric in English Fantasia-Suites. Christopher D.S. Field. 10. New Lamps for Old: The Versions of the Royall Consort. David Pinto. 11. The Aire in William Lawes's Five- and Six-Part Consort Sets for Viols and Organ: A Comparison and Analysis. Mark Davenport. 12. Lawes's Division Viol. Pedigree of an Instrument. Annette Otterstedt. 13. William Lawes's Lyra Viol Music: Some Observations. Frank Traficante.