North, Roger
(1651–1734)
ROGER NORTHNORTH, ROGERROGER NORTH [* ca. 1651-† 1734] Unlike most other authors on music, Roger North held no professional position as a musician. He was embarked upon a distinguished career in government when political circumstances in Britain forced him to retire from public life in 1688. His remaining years were devoted to writing for his own pleasure and for his family's education. Music was one of his favorite topics: some two thousand pages of manuscript survive. Though much of the…