出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/17 04:31 UTC 版)
The Castalian Band was a group of Scottish Jacobean poets, or makars, which flourished between the 1580s and early 1590s in the court of James VI and was consciously modelled on the French example of the Pléiade. Its name is derived from the classical term Castalian Spring, a symbol for poetic inspiration. The principal literary figure to be directly associated with the group was Alexander Montgomerie. Music also played an important part in performances; some members of the Castalian Band are known to have been musicians and many of the works were set as song.