The Shepherds' Holiday, or Labour in Vain.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The English #Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1651.
Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IFbNuxQjeI&list=UULFpQK1ehIIykjVNE94Eu4Hqw&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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It's a gloriously sunny day here, so here's a #dance to match the weather:
The Glory of the Sun.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1657.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
Peter Luke Kenny: #drum
Image: Abel Grimmer - peasants dancing, 1614
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKwK95SWak&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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Row well ye mariners.
An anonymous #dance and #ballad tune, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
From The Country Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1651.
Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Robin Jeffrey: #cittern
Alison Kinder: recorder
Lynda Sayce: #recorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g0qFmqqIH8&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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The #CoronationDay
From The #Dancing Master, Henry #Playford, 1698
Written for the #coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II in 1689
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCFWp_Cbx0U&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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Some lesser known #17thCentury #coronation #music...
The #CoronationDay
From The #Dancing Master, Henry #Playford, 1698
Written for the coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II in 1689
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
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The #playwright #AphraBehn died #onthisday in 1689.
This #dance (first printed in The Dancing Master, Henry #Playford, 1690) comes from her 1687 comedy, The Emperor of the Moon.
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25 March is the Feast of the Annunciation, or Lady Day, and the first day of the New Year in #medieval and #earlymodern times.
Here is a #dance for today from the Dancing Master (Henry #Playford, 1698)
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Try my book
Good Morrow #Valentine
Three #SeventeenthCentury #Songs and a #Dance for #ValentinesDay, along with descriptions of the customs of the day.
From Rondo Publishing
https://www.rondopublishing.co.uk/product/good-morrow-valentine/
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It's still #freezing here, so here is the #sheetmusic for "Long #Cold Nights when #Winter froz 'em".
An anonymous #17thCentury #dance #tune from Apollo's Banquet, printed by Henry #Playford in 1687.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Richard de Winter: #drum
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #Renaissance #violin
Richard Mackenzie: #lute
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKP_aYFDxAQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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It's #freezing today, so here some #earlymusic to fit the #weather...
On the #Cold Ground - an #anonymous #17thCentury 'country dance' from The #Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1665.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Richard de Winter: #bell
Alison Kinder: tenor #recorder
Richard Mackenzie: #baroque #guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR6nXEOEcAk&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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