Dear Arthur, I checkep up for you in Simpson's Broadside Ballads for Greenseleeves. Here's what Simpson says :
"The earliest reference to 'Greensleeves' in the Sationers' Register is dated September 3, 1580, when Richard Jones was licensed to print "A newe northern Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleeves". And yes, Peter, the words you quote "Alas my love, etc" belong to the original version of the song. Best wishes, Jean-Marie ======= 13-10-2008 17:09:40 ======= > >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. >=====AJN (Boston, Mass.)===== >This week's free download from Classical Music Library is J.S. Bach's >Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, performed by the Luxembourg >Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Hager, >conductor. (not too HIP) > >To download, click on the CML link here >http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ > >My Web Page: Scores >http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ > Other Matters: >http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ >=================================== > >----- 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... >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 13-10-2008
