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Harmony and brotherly love: musicians and Freemasonry in 18th-century Durham City

THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN a great deal of research into music and its links with Freemasonry in the capital but so far little in the provinces and virtually none into the lodges of County Durham itself.1 Previous scholars who have delved into the music history of the northeast made little or no effort to investigate the musicians' role within Masonic life, despite there being numerous references to their Masonic activities in the local newspapers. Traditionally most musicologists have focused on the two core areas of music making, the sacred and secular, with the latter usually referring to music for use in concerts and for domestic purposes. However, there is a third major area that has been ...

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