Dorothy Quincy Homestead Opening May 20

“Musick’s Recreation:” At-Home Viol Playing in 17th and 18th

Century Massachusetts

Building on the music and information presented in our short

video, “Home Is Where the Music Is,” (filmed at the Quincy

Homestead) this program focuses on a few documented viol players

in colonial MA as well as viol players who were left out of historical

records. We connect what we can infer about their varied musical

experiences to English repertoire published by John Playford for

voice with bass viol accompaniment and for solo viol that was likely

present in 17th and early 18th century MA. Experience the music of

Henry Purcell and his contemporaries recontextualized, and help

us celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the

serious, and everything in between!

$15 per person