Tell about early English instrumental music.
Tell about music in Queen Elizabeth’s time.
Describe the Variation form used by Byrd.
What was the Virginal Book?
What was the style of the Elizabethan composers?
What was the “Parthenia”?
Give an account of Purcell and his work.
Who was the founder of the French school?
What family figures prominently in the French school?
Who was the greatest member of this family? Tell about his work.
Tell about Marchand and Daquin.
What great theorist is prominent in French clavier music? Tell about
his work.
Note that the English school was at its height in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, Purcell, in the reign of Charles II, being the greatest
light of the school. The strength of the French school was during the
reign of Louis XIV.