Wait (musician)
medieval time early th century every british town city note band waite modern spelling wait waitts duty varied time time place place included playing instrument town night waking townsfolk dark winter morning playing window welcoming royal visitor playing town gate leading mayor procession civic occasion musical band often attired colourful livery case wore silver chain continental european country equivalent wait holland called stadspijpers germany stadtpfeifer italy pifferi see alta cappella town wait city wait former time england scotland watchman patrolled night using musical instrument show duty mark hour simple task later developed wait added instrument became proficient playing musically inclined family tended serve wait since easily open musical occupation surname waite wakeman derived individual worked wait ferdinando gibbon one wait cambridge son edmund elli orlando became notable musician tune extant named wait particular town city eg chester wait london wait instrument used wait varied usual instrument shawm loud piercing wind instrument suited outdoor playing played string instrument noted singing norwich shawm closely associated wait also known waitpipe wait provided salary livery silver chain office bearing town arm added dignity ceremonial occasion middle age th century town record include transaction concerning wait upon appointment provision cloak ribbon badge etc payment also made instrument hautboy bass viol fiddle bassoon city york record york wait early norwich wait thought originated early th century edinburgh wait tounis minstrel employed play morning evening also give special concert noon oliver cromwell visited mayor newcastle upon tyne town wait played mayor house joseph turnbull player northumbrian smallpipes portrait survives collection alnwick castle portrait wearing blue coat known uniform alnwick town wait elizabethan time court leet manor manchester appointed town wait undertake certain duty one playing morning evening together according others heretofore accustomed welcomed company skilful musician ordered said wait shall hereafter received play music every wedding dinner town result municipal corporation act wait abolished though name lingered christmas wait could group singer musician formed band order sing play carol money around town village night christmas period largely amateur musician today become associated name wait rather historical civic officer accomplished musician represented original wait list christmas carol text wikisource wait encyclopædia britannica th ed wait encyclopedia americana wait collier new encyclopedia wait website designed accumulate disseminate historical information wait advertise growing number revival band well equivalent throughout europe professor richard rastall archived wayback machine professor historical musicology university leeds includes downloadable copy thesis minstrel minstrelsy medieval britain city lincoln waite history waite lincoln baggshotte waytes canterbury wait city lincoln waite city musick london city waite colchester wait doncaster waite dresdner stadtpfeifer wait dresden germany faversham waytes gloucester waite leicester city waite longslade consort ludlow waite joch de ministrils del consell de mallorca king lynn waite leeds wait norwich wait oxford wait stadspijpers van shertogenbosch recreation dutch renaissance town band winchester waytes york wait