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Thread #140608   Message #3232118
Posted By: Stower
01-Oct-11 - 06:01 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Pre-1700 winter & Christmas tunes, pls
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Pre-1700 winter & Christmas tunes, pls
Thanks, Mick. I thought I'd find Last Christmas 'Twas My Chance with other Pepys broadsides in the English Broadside Ballad Archive but it isn't there. I think the whole Pepys broadside collection is online, so I wonder is Sam wrote it out? Do you know where I might find it?

Mick, I wonder if your Nowel's Galiard in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is the very beautiful Anthony Holborne tune? No readily available music for that (I don't have the full consort parts), but I have Holborne's bandora consort part which can easily be adapted for lute or renaissance guitar for my part in the duo. Thank you! You sending me to my Holborne complete works for lute and bandora helps me rediscover his bandora solo, The New Year's Gift which, again, can be easily adapted.

Jack, I have to agree with you about YouTube performances of Neidhart von Reuental's Winder wie ist nu dein kraft!

John B, the version of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen here is making my neck hairs tingle - wow. I'd love to do that as a tune using Praetorius' parts as a starting point (there are 2 of us so we'll have to adapt). We've got Branle d'official on our list, thank you. I saw three Ships and Sussex Carol are, I think, late for us (correct me if I'm wrong). We were thinking of Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day as a song or tune, but I can find no evidence this goes back further than the 19th century! (Quite a few authors claim it to be mediaeval without offering any supporting evidence. I think it's one of those cases where mediaeval = it sounds vaguely old to me. Please do say if you know otherwise.)   

Thank you all! Very grateful! This is Mudcat at its best and your suggestions will definitely be used and help even up the song/tune balance in the programme.

Any more?

Stower.