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    Who is the new Master of the Queen's Musick?

    Question #45024. Asked by mibmob. (Mar 07 04 9:03 AM)


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    		Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

    The title was created by Charles I as Master of the King's Musick (a spelling which was used until the appointment of Malcolm Williamson) and was first given to Nicholas Lanier. At that time the holder of the post took charge of the monarch's private band.

    Nicholas Lanier (1625-49 and 1660-66)
    Louis Grabu (1666-74)
    Nicholas Staggins (1674-1700)
    John Eccles (1700-35)
    Maurice Greene (1735-55)
    William Boyce (1755-79)
    John Stanley (1779-86)
    William Parsons (1786-1817)
    William Shield (1817-29)
    Christian Kramer (1829-34)
    Franz Cramer (1834-48)
    George Frederick Anderson (1848-70)
    William George Cusins (1870-93)
    Walter Parratt (1893-1924)
    Edward Elgar (1924-34)
    Walford Davies (1934-41)
    Arnold Bax (1942-52)
    Arthur Bliss (1953-75)
    Malcolm Williamson (1975-2003)

    Mar 07 04, 6:02 PM

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