Origins: mediaeval mystery tour- jansch renbourn

15 Feb 25 - 01:11 PM (#4217266)
Subject: Origins: mediaeval mystery tour- jansch renbourn
From: GUEST,Mike Butler

‘Mediaeval Mystery Tour’from Galleries by the Young Tradition is a suite for whistles, tambour and portative organ arranged by Dolly Collins. The credits are ‘anon anon Jansch Renbourne’ (sic). Clearly Dolly has arranged a Jansch/Renbourn composition and bundled it together with two traditional tunes, and equally clearly it is the last section of the suite. My question is: does anyone know the Jansch/Renbourn piece in question? I don't recognise it. Of course YT (Bellamy, Wood and Wood) lived underneath Jansch and Renbourn in Somali Road in Kilburn for a while, and may have had access to Jansch and Renbourn tunes no-one else heard.

Young Tradition recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asD2iXlsv8

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18 Feb 25 - 03:52 PM (#4217509)
Subject: RE: Origins: mediaeval mystery tour- jansch renbourn
From: GUEST

It's not clear that it's the last section of the suite. The "Galleries" sleeve notes said: "The mystery is in deciding which of the three tunes is by Bert Jansch and John Renbourn (no prizes)."

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22 Feb 25 - 04:23 AM (#4217753)
Subject: RE: Origins: mediaeval mystery tour- jansch renbourn
From: Jack Campin

The second one is either from Praetorius's "Terpsichore" or Susato's "Danserye" - familiar anyway.

The third one is rather a mess and way out of period. Renbourn's attempts at early music were not something the world needed.

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