Four and Twenty Fiddlers: The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690 by Peter Holman
Four and Twenty Fiddlers: The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690

Peter Holman

Four and Twenty Fiddlers: The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690

Peter Holman

536 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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The royal string band at the English court had its origins in a six-man viol consort from Italy brought to England by Henry VIII in the spring of 1540. This book, written by the director of the acclaimed early music group, The Parley of Instrument...

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