# A Short History of English Music

Author: Ford, Ernest, 1858-1919

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39925

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Short+History+of+English+Music+Ford&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

England at one time musical and "merrie"--England before the Reformation--Out-door life--Natural dramatic instincts--Isolation of country districts in early days--Performances of itinerant minstrels--Ban of the Church--Gradual improvement--Effect of the wars of the Roses--Early perfection of sacred music--Difficult times after repudiation of Rome by Henry VIII.--His policy and that of Queen Elizabeth--Edward VI. and his sisters--Popular anger against the monks--Dissolution of monasteries natural result amongst uneducated people--Tallis entrusted to write music for reformed services--Orlando Gibbons and Henry Purcell--Early secular music--Old-time music occasionally traceable now in countr...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-history-of-english-music-39925/chapters/1/index.md)