Stuart Masque

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The Stuart Masque was an important historical genre which contributed to to starting the English Civil War, vis ... The Triumph of Peace... put on with a large amount of parliament raised money by Charles I. This caused great offence to the Puritans.

Stuart Masque reconstructions have been few and far between. Part of the problem with Stuart Masque is that only texts survive complete, there is no complete music, only fragments, so no authoritative performance can be made without reconstruction.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Sabol, Andrew J. (editor), (1959), Songs and dances from the Stuart Masque. An edition of sixty-three items of music for the English court masque from 1604 to 1641, Brown University Press.
  • Sabol, Andrew J. (editor), (1982), Four hundred songs and dances from the Stuart Masque, Brown University Press.


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