What happened to the sackbuts and cornetts at Canterbury Cathedral

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In an earlier blog post ‘Cornetts and sackbuts in Canterbury Cathedral at the Restoration’, I told the story of the re-appointment in 1660 of the four sackbut and cornett players at Canterbury Cathedral after the long break in cathedral music during the Parliamentary Interregnum. Entries for their salaries in the Treasurers’ Books for the 1660s…

Cornetts and sackbuts in Canterbury Cathedral at the Restoration (1660)

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In May 1660, the monarchy was restored in England after the period of Cromwell’s Commonwealth. On his return from exile in France, King Charles II stopped overnight in Canterbury on his way from Dover to London and attended a service at Canterbury Cathedral. Only two of the twelve canons were still alive at the Restoration…