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Music in Mediæval Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

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The history of music in North Britain1 during the Middle Ages may conveniently be divided into three periods: (1) The Beginnings (a.d. 563–1124), (2) The Anglo-Norman Period (a.d. 1124–1424), and (3) The Golden Age (a.d. 1424–1542).

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Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1929

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1 It would not be proper to use the term Scotland in the early period, because at this time, the term could only refer to the land of the Scots of Dalriada, the modern Argyll.Google Scholar

2 By this time we can speak of Scotland in the geographical sense that we do to-day.Google Scholar

3 There were wandering bards in Ireland, but they were of a different type from those of the time we are speaking of.Google Scholar

4 James I was in captivity in England from 1406 to 1424.Google Scholar

The Old Hall MS. contains Masses and other important compositions under such names as Dunstable, Lionel, Cooke, Bleyn, Sturgeon, Damett, Burrell, King Henry VI, Gyttering, Tyes, Excetre, Picard, Rowland, Queldrick, Gervase, Fonteyns, Oliver, Chirbury, Typp, Forest, Swynford, Pennard, Lamb, Mayshut. (R.R.T.)Google Scholar