Passamezzo, 4 months ago to dance

Some #earlymusic for #Winter:
Three anonymous wintry #dance melodies from #17thCentury & #18thCentury Britain. In the fields in frost & snow - On the cold ground - Long cold nights.
Alison Kinder: bass #viol, #recorder
Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Richard de Winter: drum
Tamsin Lewis: Renaissance #violin
Richard Mackenzie: #lute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epun4iixbe4&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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Passamezzo, 4 months ago to history

Today is Twelfth Eve - the day before the Twelfth Day of Christmas, so here is Twelfth Eve from Playford's Dancing Master, 1701.
Alison Kinder: recorder
Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Christopher Goodwin: lute
Peter Luke Kenny: drum
Tamsin Lewis: violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4m5sHosczI&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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passamezzo, 1 year ago to earlymodern

Something for #europeday...

Europe's Revels, a dance by John Eccles, from his interlude, Europe's Revels for the Peace, which was performed at court and at London theatres in 1697.
This image of the dance comes from The Dancing Master, Henry Playford, 1698

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