Dave, I absolutely couldn't agree more. The White Buck of Epping is, IMHO, a work of great merit - erudite, with a humour that belies the seriousness of the subject and yet, like the bulk of Sydney's work, it has been overshadowed and left behind by the more famous work. I must start singing it again.

I've just added a piece on the bray harp to the blog, the standard European harp of the late medieval, renaissance and early baroque periods, from the 14th century (or before) right through to the 17th century, and even most early music groups with harps don't use the period instrument. I've included a sound file so you can hear for yourself.