Word: lutanists
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...drums had any real caste, before there were special conductors but instead, harpsichordists or violinists who set the pace while playing along easily with the other musicians. Amazement was that such gentle, simon-pure music completely captivated a restless Manhattan audience. Few had heard of John Dowland, the great lutanist of his time in England. But they found real beauty in three delicate pieces from his Lachrimae or Seaven Teares. And many were equally impressed by a stately concerto by Giovanni Battista Lully, the versatile Florentine who wrote prodigiously as court composer for Louis...