The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #49301   Message #744875
Posted By: Kaleea
09-Jul-02 - 01:27 AM
Thread Name: Bawdy songs question
Subject: RE: Bawdy songs queston
Back in my college days, I once recieved from a boyfriend (also a music major) a book of "catches" (3 & 4 part songs for men to sing in public houses i.e., drinking establishments of olden times) which were bawdy &/or drinking songs by some of the master composers such as Handel--yes, that one, the one who wrote Handel's Messiah! The book is a scream! If only those pious folks in the choir knew about the rest of the songs he wrote!