[LUTE] Re: Naughty songs (was: prostitution)

2018-08-10 Thread Alain Veylit
Thanks Howard for this beautiful little scatological poem - Mozart did have a sense of humour as his Musical joke seems to confirm. I did find a mention for Purcell's questionable attributions at: [1]https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/1282/#cite_note-9: "Purcell was probably t

[LUTE] Re: Naughty songs (was: prostitution)

2018-08-10 Thread Paolo Busato
I know of a 'Trinkkanon' by Mozart: This is the text (in German of course!): Freunde, lasset uns beim Zechen wacker eine Lanze brechen! Es leb' der Wein, die Liebste mein! Drauf leer' sein Gläschen jeder aus. Mit euch ist gar nichts anzufangen, da sitzt ihr still wie Hopfenstangen. Sie lebe hoch!