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37 relations: Andrew Lawrence-King, Arundel Street, Cantus firmus, Catch (music), Charles II of England, Commonwealth of England, Country dance, Double stop, Eighth note, English Civil War, Fleet Street, Harpsichord, Henrietta Maria of France, Henry Playford, Henry Purcell, John Benson (publisher), John Blow, Lautten Compagney, Little Britain, London, Metrical psalter, Music publisher (sheet music), Nahum Tate, Nikolaus Newerkla, Norwich, Ogg, Oliver Cromwell, Oxford, Quadriga Consort, Restoration (England), Samuel Pepys, Scordatura, Sixteenth note, Strand, London, Temple Church, The Dancing Master, Thomas Salmon (musicologist), Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
Andrew Lawrence-King
Andrew Lawrence-King (born 3 September 1959) is a harpist and conductor from Guernsey known for his work in early music.
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Arundel Street
Arundel Street is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Strand in the north to Temple Place in the south.
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Cantus firmus
In music, a cantus firmus ("fixed song") is a pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition.
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Catch (music)
In music, a catch is a type of round or canon at the unison.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth was the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649.
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Country dance
A country dance is any of a large number of social dances of the British Isles in which couples dance together in a figure or "set", each dancer dancing to his or her partner and each couple dancing to the other couples in the set.
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Double stop
In music, a double stop refers to the technique of playing two notes simultaneously on a bowed stringed instrument such as a violin, a viola, a cello, or a double bass.
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Eighth note
'''Figure 1.''' An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four eighth notes beamed together. An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) and twice that of the sixteenth note (semiquaver), which amounts to one quarter the duration of a half note (minim), one eighth the duration of whole note (semibreve), one sixteenth the duration of a double whole note (breve), and one thirty-second the duration of a longa, hence the name.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London.
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Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard which activates a row of levers that in turn trigger a mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum.
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Henrietta Maria of France
Henrietta Maria of France (Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. She was mother of his two immediate successors, Charles II and James II/VII.
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Henry Playford
Henry Playford (1657 – c. 1707) was an English music publisher, the younger son and only known surviving child of John Playford, with whom he entered business.
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Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (or; c. 10 September 1659According to Holman and Thompson (Grove Music Online, see References) there is uncertainty regarding the year and day of birth. No record of baptism has been found. The year 1659 is based on Purcell's memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey and the frontispiece of his Sonnata's of III. Parts (London, 1683). The day 10 September is based on vague inscriptions in the manuscript GB-Cfm 88. It may also be relevant that he was appointed to his first salaried post on 10 September 1677, which would have been his eighteenth birthday. – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
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John Benson (publisher)
John Benson (died 23 January 1667) was a London publisher of the middle seventeenth century, best remembered for a historically important publication of the Sonnets and miscellaneous poems of William Shakespeare in 1640.
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John Blow
John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669.
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Lautten Compagney
Lautten Compagney is an instrumental ensemble based in Berlin, Germany.
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Little Britain, London
Little Britain is a street in the City of London running from St. Martin's Le Grand in the east to West Smithfield in the west.
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Metrical psalter
A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a metrical translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in a church.
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Music publisher (sheet music)
The term music publisher originally referred (before the growth of recorded music and popular music) to publishers who issued printed sheet music.
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Nahum Tate
Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became England's poet laureate in 1692.
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Nikolaus Newerkla
Nikolaus Philipp Newerkla (born 1974 in Horn, Austria) is a harpsichordist, arranger and conductor.
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Norwich
Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.
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Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.
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Quadriga Consort
Quadriga Consort aka Quadriga Early Music Band is an early music ensemble from Austria.
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Restoration (England)
The Restoration of the English monarchy took place in the Stuart period.
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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.
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Scordatura
Scordatura (literally Italian for "mistuning"), is a tuning of a stringed instrument different from the normal, standard tuning.
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Sixteenth note
'''Figure 1.''' A 16th note with stem facing up, a 16th note with stem facing down, and a 16th rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four 16th notes beamed together. In music, a sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note played for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names.
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Strand, London
Strand (or the Strand) is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, Central London.
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Temple Church
The Temple Church is a late 12th-century church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters.
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The Dancing Master
The Dancing Master (first edition: The English Dancing Master) is a dancing manual containing the music and instructions for English Country Dances.
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Thomas Salmon (musicologist)
Thomas Salmon (1648–1706) was an English cleric and writer on music.
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Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (until 1937 the Worshipful Company of Stationers), usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Playford
