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At the end of the edition of The Dancing Master printed in 1665, Playford
added some "new and pleasant English tunes for the treble-violin", which he
afterwards published in a separate form, with others, under the title of
Apollo's Banquet for the Treble Violin. "The Lady Frances Nevills Delight"
is to be found in both collections, in Music's Delight on the Cithren
(1666) and in sundry manuscripts. Some copies differ in the second part of the tune.
The House of Neville (also spelled Nevill) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England along with the House of Percy and played a central role in the Wars of the Roses. |