(en) Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the baroque era : from Monteverdi to Bach, Londres, J. M. Dent, , 489 p. (ISBN0-393-09745-5, SUDOC015056546), p. 186 : « When the masque as a regular court institution fell with Cromwell's rise to power, it was an overripe and doomed form. The Commonwealth did not interrupt the musical life as severely as Burney and others have claimed. Although stage plays were forbidden, musical shows passed the censorship and music in the homes of the urban middle classes flourished more than ever. Shirley's masque Cupid and Death (1653) was privately performed with music by Christopher Gibbons and Locke. »
