ABSTRACT
The reigns of Queen Elizabeth and the early Stuarts are recognised as periods of high musical proficiency and activity but not in the schools. Grammar and music lost their old union, and became more and more differentiated both theoretically and practically. In 1559, Queen Elizabeth’s Injunctions dealt with Church music in a studiously moderate way. It was recognised that in collegiate and some parish Churches there had been ‘livings’ for men and children, to sing in the Church. This had tended to bring the science of music into estimation and to preserve the knowledge of it. The Injunction makes no suggestion of re-providing the old Song Schools which had been suppressed. All that it promises is no alteration in the way of further diminution, and a restriction in the employment of music in the services of the Church. Religious music was a large element in printed music in the 16th century.
