ArcangeloAn English Baroque Journey
Hand-coloured engraving of the choir of St Paul's Cathedral during the thanksgiving service of December 1706, the congregation in tiered stalls and musicians in the gallery at the right.
Chapter One

“Better suiting a tavern or playhouse than a church”

Andrew GantForthcoming

Alamy Heritage Images / The London Archives (City of London)

How the Restoration remade sacred music: Charles II's Chapel Royal, its new violins, and the anthems that followed.

This section of the journey has not been published yet. Its essay is still being written for the printed book, and it will appear here when it is ready.