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Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music. By Michael Fleming and John Bryan (2018)
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2018). Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music. By Michael Fleming and John Bryan. Music and Letters, 99(3), 477-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/gcy082

‘Which viols are held in great esteem these days? The very old English ones’, stated Philipp Eisel in his Musicus Autodidaktos of 1738. Eisel’s comment underlined the general sentiment held for these grandes dames of sixteenth- and seventeenth-centur... Read More about Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music. By Michael Fleming and John Bryan.

The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society (2017)
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2017). The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society. The Galpin Society journal, LXX, 65-79

The pochette or kit of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries survives in surprisingly large numbers in both specialist and general collections, and displays a variety of forms and designs, ranging from the plain and simple, to the rather exotic an... Read More about The Dancing-Master's Toolkit: a Summary of the Pochette of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and its Role in Society.

‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar (2016)
Journal Article
Poulopoulos, P., & Durkin, R. (2016). ‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar. Early Music, 44(2), 307-331. https://doi.org/10.1093/em/caw047

The origins and development of the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ constitute an organological enigma.1 So far the research concerning this instrument has been rather limited, and apart from a few dictionary entries and minor references in books, journal... Read More about ‘A very mistaken identification’: the ‘sultana’ or ‘cither viol’ and its links to the bowed psaltery, viola d’amore and guittar.

A barretone, an instrumentt of musicke: its history, influences and development pre-1750. (2014)
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2014). A barretone, an instrumentt of musicke: its history, influences and development pre-1750. The Galpin Society journal, 67, 85-272

The baryton is generally considered to have been invented in England at the start of the seventeenth century, although this term is not used in England until 1685. Until now, the baryton has been studied in relative isolation, acknowledging its music... Read More about A barretone, an instrumentt of musicke: its history, influences and development pre-1750..

The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered (2013)
Journal Article
Durkin, R. (2013). The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered. The Galpin Society journal, 66, 139-147

The origins of the viola d’amore – identified as the addition of sympathetic strings to a viol – has, as a research field remained largely untouched since the work of Harry Danks was published in 1976. First identified by John Evelyn in 1679, the vio... Read More about The Viola d'Amore - its heritage reconsidered.