BEATON, [SSNE 7797]

Surname
BEATON, BETHUNE
Title/rank
LUTENIST
Nationality
SCOTTISH

Text source

From 1649-1651 the Beaton (Bethune) family provided at least three lutenists to the Vasa royal court. Two brothers and one of their sons all served as royal musicians in Stockholm.

E. Kjellberg, Kungliga musiker i Sverige under stormaktstiden. Studier kring deras organisation, verksamheter och status ca 1620 - ca 1720, vol.1, Uppsala, 1979. K. Sparr, 'Hinrich Niewerth, Lutenist at the royal Swedish court', Stockholm, 1998 (updated 2011), p.4 available at http://www.academia.edu/2994966/Hinrich_Niewerth_-_Lutenist_at_the_Royal_Swedish_Court

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