Isn't "Greensleeves" described somewhere as "sung to the New Tune from
the North"? =?Ireland? Perhaps the description is from a broadside
listed
in the Stationers' Register. 1580?
I don't have Simpson's book on broadside ballads, alas.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: [LUTE] From the court of Henry the VIII
Dear Omer,
Henry VIII didn't write Greensleeves. That's just a myth which has
arisen in more recent times. Nowhere is the song attributed to Henry
in
the 16th century. The song is described by Clement Robinson in the
1580s
as the new sonnet Greensleeves to be sung to the new tune
Greensleeves.
If both words and music were new 40 years after Henry popped his
clogs,
he won't have had owt to do with it.
You will find many pieces attributed to Henry VIII in British
Library,
Additional MS 31922, the so-called Henry VIII manuscript. There is a
modern edition edited by John Stevens, _Music at the Court of Henry
VIII_, Musica Britannica XVIII (London: Stainer and Bell Ltd, 1973).
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
PS It is unwise to make jokes with customs officials. They won't see
the
funny side, and you are liable to be arrested.
-----Original Message-----
From: Omer katzir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 13 October 2008 13:54
To: Lute List
Subject: [LUTE] from the court of Henry the VIII
nothing more to say...
just pieces from this lovely court, i have two songs written by the
king (all i could find by myself right now), greensleeves not
included.
again, thank you all for your help :-)
b.h.w.
my tuner got stuck in the customs office, i think i'll tell them
it's
a little atomic bomb so i wont have to pay the tax...
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