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- Title
Vice Chamberlain Thomas Coke and Italian opera in London: new documents.
- Authors
McGeary, Thomas
- Abstract
An important person in the early history of opera in London in the 18th century was Vice Chamberlain Thomas Coke (1674–1727), deputy to the Lord Chamberlain, who had authority over London's theatres, managers, singers, actors and musicians. Coke's surviving papers are our most important source of documentation for opera in the years 1706–15. In 1982 Coke's known surviving and scattered papers relating to theatre were published in Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume's authoritative edition Vice Chamberlain Coke's theatrical papers, 1706–1715 (Carbondale, IL). Subsequently, family papers that had remained at Coke's residence and that were unknown to Milhous and Hume were deposited at the British Library. This article locates and presents these additional letters relating to Coke's personal interest in music and opera, as well as official papers relating to his duties as Vice Chamberlain.
- Subjects
CHAMBERLAINS (Royal households); COKE, Thomas; BRITISH Library; OPERA; MANUSCRIPTS
- Publication
Early Music, 2018, Vol 46, Issue 4, p653
- ISSN
0306-1078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/em/cay081