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Passamezzo, 14 days ago to history

Michael Cavendish: Zephyrus Brings the Time

From 14 Ayres in Tabletorie to the #Lute, 1598.

Eleanor Cramer: #Soprano

Christopher Goodwin: Lute

Alison Kinder: Bass Viol

Tamsin Lewis: #Renaissance #Violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YypW-qKngJA

#earlymusic #earlymodern #tudor #tudors #16thCentury #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @earlymodern @earlymusic

Passamezzo, 15 days ago to Watches

For #ThrowbackThursday:
Playing the #viol by the #RosettaStone in the #BritishMuseum, c2021.
A lovely gig, and the acoustic was excellent...
#earlymusic #historicalinterpreter #heritageinterpretation #musicianlife #musicianslife #violadagamba #tudor #tudors #throwbackthursdays #histodon #histodons @histodons @histodon @earlymodern @earlymusic

Passamezzo, 28 days ago to history

Ten of the Clocke

One of a series of 12 readings describing the minutiae of daily life in #earlymodern Britain.

From Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks, 1626.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoWS8nEuW8A&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#17thCentury #socialhistory #history
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Passamezzo, 1 month ago to Bagpipes

Two #owls with a #mouse, and a #monkey playing the #bagpipes.

From the Album amicorum of G.F. Speid, Bavaria, c1631-1633

Bodleian Library MS. Autogr. g. 3

#17thCentury #earlymodern #earlymusic #albumamicorum #owl #histodon #histodons #manuscript

Passamezzo, 1 month ago to history

A #unicorn from the Capirola Lute Book, c1519 for #nationalunicornday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymodern #16thCentury #renaissance #tablature @earlymusic
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Passamezzo, 2 months ago to history

Detail from a fresco for the month of March, c1470, by Francesco del Cossa in the Palazzo Schifanoia (Ferrara), showing a company of women weaving & sewing.

#internationalwomensday

#internationalwomensday2024

#cinquecento

#renaissance

#materialculture

#womeninhistory #histodon #histodons @histodons

Passamezzo, 3 months ago to Marriage

A #17thCentury English setting of #Psalm 127, described as being suitable for #ShroveTuesday or a #wedding.
From La Scala Santa Hugh Hare, Baron Coleraine, 1670.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OJ3oi43J_Q&ab_channel=Passamezzo
#earlymusic #earlymodern #soprano #lute #viol #violadagamba #shrovetide #histodon #histodons @earlymodern @earlymusic @histodons @histodon

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
#histodon #histodons #coldweather #folkmusic #dancemusic #historicaldance #earlydance #earlymusicensemble @histodons @earlymusic

Passamezzo, 4 months ago to history

It's bitterly cold today, so 17th Century broadside ballad describing how to Drive the Cold Winter Away seems appropriate...

Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Richard de Winter: baritone
Alison Kinder: recorders
Tamsin Lewis: Renaissance violin
Richard Mackenzie: lute

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

#earlymusic #earlymodern #violin #song #violinist #lute #recorder #youtube #youtubevideo #histodon #histodons #winter #winterpastimes #coldweather #17thCentury @earlymodern @earlymusic @histodons #history #ballad

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
#earlymusic #otd #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #historicaldance #history #earlydance #histodon #histodons
#dance
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Passamezzo, 4 months ago to history

Happy New Year! May 2024 bring good things.

Here is a #carol for #NewYearsDay - a #17thCentury #ballad describing gifts given by lovers on New Year's Day.
From A Cabinet of choice jewels, 1688.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH4KVtX8y0&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#earlymusic #earlymodern #histodon #histodon #newyear #newyearsgifts
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Passamezzo, 5 months ago to Watches

A Tudor Christmas Carol
As I outrode this enderes night.
From the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, one of the Coventry Mystery Plays.
[The better known 'Coventry Carol', "lully lulla, thou little tiny child" comes from the same source.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39AA6kFmpWY&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#tudor #tudors #tudorchristmas #christmascarol #christmascarols #christmasmusic #earlymusic @earlymusic #earlymodern @earlymodern #histodon #histodons #history #heritage @histodons @histodon #medievalchristmas #mysteryplay

Passamezzo, 6 months ago to history

Something for #StCeciliasDay
Detail from an #15thCentury Italian choirbook showing an illuminated letter C with #StCecilia playing the psaltery, with other female musicians playing #lute & #rebec.
V&A Museum
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #renaissance
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Passamezzo, 6 months ago to history

Some #earlymodern Christmas Music to listen to.

To Shorten Winter's Sadness: 16th & 17th Century English Music and Song for #Christmas and #Winter.

Available to download, or as a CD.

https://passamezzo.bandcamp.com/album/to-shorten-winters-sadness-2

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#christmascarols

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Passamezzo, 6 months ago to earlymodern

One for the culinary historians:

Alfonso Ceccarelli’s book on truffles, 'Opusculum de tuberibus' was printed on this day in 1564.

#otd
#onthisday
#onthisdayinhistory
#earlymodern

#historicalfood
#truffles
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#histodon #histodon