passamezzo , 4 months ago to History

Six of the Clocke.
A description of the minutiae of daily life in early modern England.
From Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks, 1626.

Image: detail from 'Death and the rich man', Monogrammist AI, 1553.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWUKhOjRG-4&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 8 months ago to History

William Lawes: Think not I could absent myself this night

A dialogue between Eunomia (goddess of law) and Irene (goddess of peace) from James Shirley's court masque, The Triumph of Peace, 1634

Emily Atkinson: Eunomia (soprano)
Richard de Winter: Irene (tenor)
Peter Willcock: bass
Alison Kinder: bass viol
Tamsin Lewis: violin, alto
Keith McGowan: flute
Richard Mackenzie: lute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0wTjEWnaO8&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 9 months ago to History

What meat eats the Spaniard?
An anonymous #Elizabethan #theatre #song about eating too much fish!
From Blurt Master-Constable. Or The Spaniards night-walke.
[Attributed to] #Middleton and #Dekker 1602.

Emily Atkinson: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #tenor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBraD9ZlOA&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo , 10 months ago to histodons group

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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passamezzo , 10 months ago to histodons group

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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