Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music

Contents

• Contents
• Note to Readers
• 1 'English viols are the ones which one normally plays': Researching Early English viols
• 2 'Choice Consorts ... (Rare Chests of Viols)': The Evidence of the Repertory
• 3 'We chiefly Value Old Instruments': Extant Old English Viols
• 4 'This way will I disrobe the images': Images of Viols
• 5 'Such as now do lawfully exercise any art, mistery, or manual occupation': Viol Making as a Job
• 6 'These were Old': Early English Viol Makers
• 7 'Let Viol-makers take notice hereof': Viol Makers' Physical Resources
• 8 'I will search impossible places': The Future for Early English Viols
• Bibliography