On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.
but, the stationers company was chartered by
Yes, to my ears the first part is a PA (in triple time), the second is a R.
People tend to assert things or repeat plain hearsay. Like the Folia being
somekind of R or
PA
Regards,
Stephan
Am 14 Oct 2008 um 22:55 hat David Tayler geschrieben:
I see in several online sources, including
Come to think over it, the lute duet versions do start with the III,
though not in all variations. And in the Folia one can indeed find the
Romanesca, if you skip the first four measures of the phrases...
Stephan
Am 15 Oct 2008 um 9:44 hat Stephan Olbertz geschrieben:
Yes, to
You are absolutely right, Dana, and I totally concur. I was simply quoting the
exact passage of Claude Simpson's book which Arthur Ness did not remember
precisely. I never intended to say it was THE definitive solution !
Thank you for your very appropriate precisions.
All the best,
Jean-Marie
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.
but, the stationers company was chartered by her majesty in 1557 as I
recall, the registers may begin as
I see in several online sources, including the ever dubious
wikipedia, that it is listed as a romanesca. Am I missing something
or isn't it more similar in many of the the lute settings to the
Passemezzo Antico?
That is, it starts on I not III
==At 12:31 PM 10/13/2008, you wrote:
At 03:21 PM
At 08:54 AM 10/13/2008, Omer katzir wrote:
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 :-)
I must have totally missed the thread that
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
So are those awful words (Alas my love, you do me wrong, etc etc etc)
genuine 1580's?
P
2008/10/13 Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
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
'Lovely'?
Rob
2008/10/13 Omer katzir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 :-)
oh yes, i really like Henry the VIII, i think he was a great king and
really nice person.
and about green, we all know he didn't wrote that. can be him.
On Oct 13, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote:
'Lovely'?
Rob
2008/10/13 Omer katzir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Uhm... you might want to arrange a date with Anne Boleyn and a few
Catholic priests in a nice, quiet bar somewhere for a couple of stiff
ones and a little chat- then get back to us on that.
On the plus side he was a fine wrestler and an expert archer, even
though Francis I threw and pinned
You can say it is a part for a church organ, no duty.
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Lucky to get at him before the eating binge.
BTW, Henry VIII didn't write pastime either.
d
At 10:12 AM 10/13/2008, you wrote:
Uhm... you might want to arrange a date with Anne Boleyn and a few
Catholic priests in a nice, quiet bar somewhere for a couple of stiff
ones and a little chat- then
At 03:21 PM 10/13/2008, David Tayler wrote:
Lucky to get at him before the eating binge.
BTW, Henry VIII didn't write pastime either.
That would upset Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull who recorded an instrumental
version of the tune as King Henry's Madrigal.
Eugene
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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
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