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... England . Closely associated with the entertainments of the aristocratic dilettantes were the professional musi- cians of the peasant class called jongleurs and minstrels in France , Gaukler in Germany , and scops and gleemen in England ...
... England . Closely associated with the entertainments of the aristocratic dilettantes were the professional musi- cians of the peasant class called jongleurs and minstrels in France , Gaukler in Germany , and scops and gleemen in England ...
Page 557
... England . The organ , because of its close association with liturgical music , con- tinued to be an important instrument , and its literature includes all of the formal types except dances . Among the leading organ composers were the ...
... England . The organ , because of its close association with liturgical music , con- tinued to be an important instrument , and its literature includes all of the formal types except dances . Among the leading organ composers were the ...
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... England under James II , a stalwart Roman Catholic and a pensioner of Louis XIV - brought William and Holland into agreement upon the need to support the prince's expedition to England in 1688 , which resulted in his acceptance of the ...
... England under James II , a stalwart Roman Catholic and a pensioner of Louis XIV - brought William and Holland into agreement upon the need to support the prince's expedition to England in 1688 , which resulted in his acceptance of the ...
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