Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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6 January is the feast of the , so here is Vidimus Stellam, an early for the day by William , from , 1607.

Eleanor Cramer:
Christopher Goodwin:
Alison Kinder: bass
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol

Vidimus stellam in Orientem, et venimus cum muneribus adorare Dominum.
We have seen a star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.

Image: Leonardo da Vinci - Adoration of the Magi, c1481 (Uffizi Galleries)

youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS0w42S4


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Kendra Preston Leonard · @kendraleonard
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Listening to Fretwork's In Nomine album while working on this#MerchantOfVenice essay, which is about how the score for the 2004 film of the play uses faux-Christian and faux-Jewish music create power structures and "tragic Jewishness."

#viols #violadagamba #earlymodernmusic #filmmusic

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Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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