Duffin, Ross - Unmasked

Reconstructs the previously lost songs in the Campion, Chapman, and Beaumont masques for the 1613 Palatine Wedding
• Explores a fourth wedding masque, in French, which was never performed
• Establishes the masque songs as partsongs sung by an ensemble rather than accompanied solos
• Provides discussion of each song and dance, the evidence for its selection, and its musical sources

Author Ross W. Duffin reconstructs lost music for the three famous masques by Thomas Campion, George Chapman, and Francis Beaumont performed for the 1613 Palatine wedding. His research reveals that their songs were partsongs performed by an ensemble, rather than an accompanied solo singer. The book also includes a fourth masque, in French, prepared for the wedding but never performed.