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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC OF PRIESTS, FIENDS, FOPS, AND FOOLS: JOHN BOWMAN’S SONG PERFORMANCES ON THE LONDON STAGE, 1677-1701 By MATTHEW A. ROBERSON A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2006 Copyright © 2006 Matthew A. Roberson All Rights Reserved The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Matthew A. Roberson defended on 22 May 2006. ____________________________ Jeffery Kite-Powell Professor Directing Dissertation ____________________________ Larry Gerber Outside Committee Member ____________________________ Charles Brewer Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are many library staff that have assisted me while I have been working on this project. The entire staff at the Warren D. Allen Music library at Florida State University has always been very helpful, particularly Olena Chorna, who took on a few extra projects for me. I am grateful to the staff in the Humanities Reading Room at the British Library, to David Lasocki at Indiana University, and to Peter Ward Jones at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. At Faulkner University, Ashleigh Wyrosdick has worked tirelessly entering my music examples in Finale, and I am thankful for her assistance.