
Paying the Piper
Music in Pre-1642 Cheshire
Elizabeth Baldwin(Author)
Medieval Institute Publications (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 2002
Book
Hardback
299 pages
978-1-58044-040-0 (ISBN)
Description
In Paying the Piper Elizabeth Baldwin studies the early music situation in a single county, Cheshire, from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Civil War, focusing on music outside the regular control of the church and looking not only at the trained professional but at music makers, from the performers at guild feasts to the gentleman who takes music lessons and the alehousekeeper who plays the pipes. Baldwin attempts to set the performer of music in a social, economic, legal, and possibly political context. Who was performing music, where, when, and why? What instruments were played, and by whom? What attitudes were there towards music, and how did they vary according to circumstances and religious affiliation? Did Cheshire's special status with respect to the Statute of Vagabonds really make any difference to the performers in the county?
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
1622 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58044-040-0 (9781580440400)
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Persons
Elizabeth Baldwin is a part-time lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Cape Town. She has an MPhil in Mediaeval Studies from University College, Dublin, and a PhD in English from Leeds University
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Music in Context
II. Part 1. Music in the City by David Mills
II. Part 2. Music in the Country
III. Music and the Gentry
IV. The Musical Instruments
Appendix I. Inventories of Cheshire Musicians
Appendix II. Named Musicians
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
I. Music in Context
II. Part 1. Music in the City by David Mills
II. Part 2. Music in the Country
III. Music and the Gentry
IV. The Musical Instruments
Appendix I. Inventories of Cheshire Musicians
Appendix II. Named Musicians
Notes
Bibliography
Index