The Inns of Court, London, as a Significant Intellectual and Cultural Milieu...

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Robert W. Wienpahl
California State University, Northridge (Northridge, CA 91330-0001)

...in the Musical Life of Renaissance and Baroque England To examine the influence of Inns of Court on music in England. The Inns of Court represent the closest approximation to a university for courtiers that could be devised and music was considered an indispensible attribute of the courtier. Hence, the influence of the Inns on music of the period was probably far-reaching. Nevertheless, no study of this influence has been made until now.