On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Arthur Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
It's in the Stationers' Register, dated September 3, 1580. Richard Jones was licensed to print "A newe northern Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves". > I don't have Simpson's book on broadside ballads, alas. I have. :-) David > =====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" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > 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 >> >> >> >> > > > > -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl *******************************
