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Information: English composer Thomas Mace (1612?-1706?) wrote a defense of English music over the French style favored by Charles II in th 1676 tome Musick's Monument.
Mace, Thomas Sites:
Thomas Mace Thomas Mace: Biography noting contributions in composition and writing with internal links to related material from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program. (Mace, Thomas) http://www.hoasm.org/IVM/MaceT.html
Thomas Mace on Choral Matters Thomas Mace on Choral Matters: Manuscript showing his strong opinions on matters of church choir and congregational singing. (Mace, Thomas) http://www.phoenixchoir.org/mace.htm
Mace, Thomas Mace, Thomas: Brief biography noting how his writing gives an important view of English music of the 1600s. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. (Mace, Thomas) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5605