Tamsin Lewis
@passamezzo.bsky.social
Musician, historian & mother. FRHistS. FSA.
Early music specialist & historical consultant for film, TV, radio & theatre.
Early Modernist.
Passamezzo. Greensleeves Project.
Occasional lecturer in Renaissance art & music at the Courtauld Institute.
Early music specialist & historical consultant for film, TV, radio & theatre.
Early Modernist.
Passamezzo. Greensleeves Project.
Occasional lecturer in Renaissance art & music at the Courtauld Institute.
#tudortuesday
Thy peticote of Sendall right
Lady #Greensleeves, is dressed in a petticoat of sendal (fine silk) over her red woollen petticoat.
Find out more at the MEDATS #greensleevesproject #conference & #exhibition on 22 November
www.medats.org.uk/events/green...
#materialculture #tudors #tudor
Thy peticote of Sendall right
Lady #Greensleeves, is dressed in a petticoat of sendal (fine silk) over her red woollen petticoat.
Find out more at the MEDATS #greensleevesproject #conference & #exhibition on 22 November
www.medats.org.uk/events/green...
#materialculture #tudors #tudor
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#tudortuesday
Thy peticote of Sendall right
Lady #Greensleeves, is dressed in a petticoat of sendal (fine silk) over her red woollen petticoat.
Find out more at the MEDATS #greensleevesproject #conference & #exhibition on 22 November
www.medats.org.uk/events/green...
#materialculture #tudors #tudor
Thy peticote of Sendall right
Lady #Greensleeves, is dressed in a petticoat of sendal (fine silk) over her red woollen petticoat.
Find out more at the MEDATS #greensleevesproject #conference & #exhibition on 22 November
www.medats.org.uk/events/green...
#materialculture #tudors #tudor
A ?rabbit playing a #bladderpipe while two other ?rabbits dance.
Leaf from a #psalter and #prayerbook, c1524
James Parmelee Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art.
@cmamedieval.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymodern #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #rabbit #rabbits #earlymodernsky #iconography
Leaf from a #psalter and #prayerbook, c1524
James Parmelee Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art.
@cmamedieval.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymodern #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #rabbit #rabbits #earlymodernsky #iconography
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A ?rabbit playing a #bladderpipe while two other ?rabbits dance.
Leaf from a #psalter and #prayerbook, c1524
James Parmelee Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art.
@cmamedieval.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymodern #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #rabbit #rabbits #earlymodernsky #iconography
Leaf from a #psalter and #prayerbook, c1524
James Parmelee Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art.
@cmamedieval.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymodern #manuscriptmonday #marginaliamonday #rabbit #rabbits #earlymodernsky #iconography
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Nice! For anyone with an evensong tonight, I have a further suggestion. Email me if you want a pdf. Enjoy!
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nice! For anyone with an evensong tonight, I have a further suggestion. Email me if you want a pdf. Enjoy!
For #ThrowbackThursday:
Playing the #violin for the wedding dance in #ADiscoveryofWitches, November 2019.
@debharkness.bsky.social's wonderful books are among my favourites, so being part of this production was a dream job for me.
#earlymusic #musicianlife
Playing the #violin for the wedding dance in #ADiscoveryofWitches, November 2019.
@debharkness.bsky.social's wonderful books are among my favourites, so being part of this production was a dream job for me.
#earlymusic #musicianlife
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For #ThrowbackThursday:
Playing the #violin for the wedding dance in #ADiscoveryofWitches, November 2019.
@debharkness.bsky.social's wonderful books are among my favourites, so being part of this production was a dream job for me.
#earlymusic #musicianlife
Playing the #violin for the wedding dance in #ADiscoveryofWitches, November 2019.
@debharkness.bsky.social's wonderful books are among my favourites, so being part of this production was a dream job for me.
#earlymusic #musicianlife
A song for #5november
Thomas Campion's #lutesong, 'Bravely decked come forth bright day', celebrating the foiling of the #GunpowderPlot #otd 1605.
From Two Books of Ayres, 1613
#earlymusic #earlymodern #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonandplot #jamesI #17thCentury
Thomas Campion's #lutesong, 'Bravely decked come forth bright day', celebrating the foiling of the #GunpowderPlot #otd 1605.
From Two Books of Ayres, 1613
#earlymusic #earlymodern #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonandplot #jamesI #17thCentury
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A song for #5november
Thomas Campion's #lutesong, 'Bravely decked come forth bright day', celebrating the foiling of the #GunpowderPlot #otd 1605.
From Two Books of Ayres, 1613
#earlymusic #earlymodern #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonandplot #jamesI #17thCentury
Thomas Campion's #lutesong, 'Bravely decked come forth bright day', celebrating the foiling of the #GunpowderPlot #otd 1605.
From Two Books of Ayres, 1613
#earlymusic #earlymodern #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonandplot #jamesI #17thCentury
Today's #marginal #musicians are blue #angels playing golden stringed instruments - #fiddle, #psaltery & #harp.
More (not blue) angels in the main image, #singing & playing #lute & #recorder.
Coetivy Hours, c1443-5
Chester Beatty W 082
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illumination
More (not blue) angels in the main image, #singing & playing #lute & #recorder.
Coetivy Hours, c1443-5
Chester Beatty W 082
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illumination
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Today's #marginal #musicians are blue #angels playing golden stringed instruments - #fiddle, #psaltery & #harp.
More (not blue) angels in the main image, #singing & playing #lute & #recorder.
Coetivy Hours, c1443-5
Chester Beatty W 082
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illumination
More (not blue) angels in the main image, #singing & playing #lute & #recorder.
Coetivy Hours, c1443-5
Chester Beatty W 082
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illumination
Gaudeamus Omnes - An introit for #AllSaintsDay
From a #15thCentury #Italian #illuminated #gradual.
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #gradual #illuminatedinitials #renaissancesky #renaissance #renaissanceart
From a #15thCentury #Italian #illuminated #gradual.
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #gradual #illuminatedinitials #renaissancesky #renaissance #renaissanceart
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Gaudeamus Omnes - An introit for #AllSaintsDay
From a #15thCentury #Italian #illuminated #gradual.
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #gradual #illuminatedinitials #renaissancesky #renaissance #renaissanceart
From a #15thCentury #Italian #illuminated #gradual.
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #gradual #illuminatedinitials #renaissancesky #renaissance #renaissanceart
#ThrowbackThursday
Recording Psalm 107 for our #Mayflower #CD 'They that in ships unto the sea down go' at St John's Wood Church, late October 2019
Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Alison Kinder: bass viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
Recording Psalm 107 for our #Mayflower #CD 'They that in ships unto the sea down go' at St John's Wood Church, late October 2019
Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Alison Kinder: bass viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
They that in ships unto the sea down go
YouTube video by Passamezzo
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#ThrowbackThursday
Recording Psalm 107 for our #Mayflower #CD 'They that in ships unto the sea down go' at St John's Wood Church, late October 2019
Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Alison Kinder: bass viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
Recording Psalm 107 for our #Mayflower #CD 'They that in ships unto the sea down go' at St John's Wood Church, late October 2019
Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Alison Kinder: bass viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
For #TudorTuesday:
'Thy girdle of gold so red,
with pearles bedecked sumptuously'
Lady #Greensleeves has a richly decorated girdle placed over her 'Gown of Grossie Green'
Gown and girdle by @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social
greensleevesproject.uk
#tudor #tudors #earlymodern #16thCentury
'Thy girdle of gold so red,
with pearles bedecked sumptuously'
Lady #Greensleeves has a richly decorated girdle placed over her 'Gown of Grossie Green'
Gown and girdle by @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social
greensleevesproject.uk
#tudor #tudors #earlymodern #16thCentury
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For #TudorTuesday:
'Thy girdle of gold so red,
with pearles bedecked sumptuously'
Lady #Greensleeves has a richly decorated girdle placed over her 'Gown of Grossie Green'
Gown and girdle by @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social
greensleevesproject.uk
#tudor #tudors #earlymodern #16thCentury
'Thy girdle of gold so red,
with pearles bedecked sumptuously'
Lady #Greensleeves has a richly decorated girdle placed over her 'Gown of Grossie Green'
Gown and girdle by @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social
greensleevesproject.uk
#tudor #tudors #earlymodern #16thCentury
A psalm for #Harvest.
Maurice Greene's setting of psalm 65
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #theorbo, #tenor
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: alto
Peter Luke Kenny: #bass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wc...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
Maurice Greene's setting of psalm 65
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #theorbo, #tenor
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: alto
Peter Luke Kenny: #bass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wc...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
Maurice Greene: Thou visitest the earth
YouTube video by Passamezzo
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A psalm for #Harvest.
Maurice Greene's setting of psalm 65
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #theorbo, #tenor
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: alto
Peter Luke Kenny: #bass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wc...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
Maurice Greene's setting of psalm 65
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #theorbo, #tenor
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: alto
Peter Luke Kenny: #bass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wc...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
Throwback Thursday:
Playing Elizabethan music at Athelhampton House, 2023
#ThrowbackThursday #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
#musicianlife #historichouse #concert
Playing Elizabethan music at Athelhampton House, 2023
#ThrowbackThursday #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
#musicianlife #historichouse #concert
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Throwback Thursday:
Playing Elizabethan music at Athelhampton House, 2023
#ThrowbackThursday #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
#musicianlife #historichouse #concert
Playing Elizabethan music at Athelhampton House, 2023
#ThrowbackThursday #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble
#musicianlife #historichouse #concert
Reposted by Tamsin Lewis
ברוך מתיר אסורים
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
October 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ברוך מתיר אסורים
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.
There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.
Every life saved is a thing of consequence.
May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.
Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today's marginal #musicians are playing the #lute and singing from partbooks.
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
Detail from Cipriano de Rore's Da pacem Domine, in a lavish #choirbook from 1559.
BSB Mus. ms. B(1.
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymodern #16thCentury #illuminatedmanuscript
#Throwbackthursday
In Long Melford in 2009
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife
In Long Melford in 2009
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#Throwbackthursday
In Long Melford in 2009
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife
In Long Melford in 2009
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife
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You should be making merry with Jan Massys of Antwerp and his elegant friends, who are celebrating his day.
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
You should be making merry with Jan Massys of Antwerp and his elegant friends, who are celebrating his day.
Reposted by Tamsin Lewis
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
#TudorTuesday:
'I bought thee kerchers to thy head,
that were wrought fine and gallantly'
@callumcoates.bsky.social (The lover) presents an embroidered kercher to Lady #Greensleeves
greensleevesproject.uk
#earlymodern #materialculture #greensleevesproject #tudor #tudors #historicaldress
'I bought thee kerchers to thy head,
that were wrought fine and gallantly'
@callumcoates.bsky.social (The lover) presents an embroidered kercher to Lady #Greensleeves
greensleevesproject.uk
#earlymodern #materialculture #greensleevesproject #tudor #tudors #historicaldress
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#TudorTuesday:
'I bought thee kerchers to thy head,
that were wrought fine and gallantly'
@callumcoates.bsky.social (The lover) presents an embroidered kercher to Lady #Greensleeves
greensleevesproject.uk
#earlymodern #materialculture #greensleevesproject #tudor #tudors #historicaldress
'I bought thee kerchers to thy head,
that were wrought fine and gallantly'
@callumcoates.bsky.social (The lover) presents an embroidered kercher to Lady #Greensleeves
greensleevesproject.uk
#earlymodern #materialculture #greensleevesproject #tudor #tudors #historicaldress
Today's #marginalmusician is a rather indistinct #lutenist.
Opposite an image of David with a #harp.
From an #illuminatedmanuscript in the National Library of the Czech Republic, iii.h.37, c1500
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
#earlymusic #lute #earlymodern
Opposite an image of David with a #harp.
From an #illuminatedmanuscript in the National Library of the Czech Republic, iii.h.37, c1500
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
#earlymusic #lute #earlymodern
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today's #marginalmusician is a rather indistinct #lutenist.
Opposite an image of David with a #harp.
From an #illuminatedmanuscript in the National Library of the Czech Republic, iii.h.37, c1500
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
#earlymusic #lute #earlymodern
Opposite an image of David with a #harp.
From an #illuminatedmanuscript in the National Library of the Czech Republic, iii.h.37, c1500
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
#earlymusic #lute #earlymodern
2 #songs from the #Greensleeves conference at @antiquaries.bsky.social in July:
#Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
#Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply
Emily Atkinson: soprano
@callumcoates.bsky.social : actor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Lynda Sayce: flute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsA...
#earlymusic
#Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
#Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply
Emily Atkinson: soprano
@callumcoates.bsky.social : actor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Lynda Sayce: flute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsA...
#earlymusic
Christopher Marlowe: Come live with me and be my love; Walter Raleigh: The Nymph's Reply.
YouTube video by Passamezzo
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
2 #songs from the #Greensleeves conference at @antiquaries.bsky.social in July:
#Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
#Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply
Emily Atkinson: soprano
@callumcoates.bsky.social : actor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Lynda Sayce: flute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsA...
#earlymusic
#Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
#Raleigh: The Nymph’s Reply
Emily Atkinson: soprano
@callumcoates.bsky.social : actor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Lynda Sayce: flute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsA...
#earlymusic
It's Bandcamp Friday, and we've got lots of music for you to listen to!
passamezzo.bandcamp.com
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #recordingartist #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama
passamezzo.bandcamp.com
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #recordingartist #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama
Passamezzo
London based early music ensemble specialising in English 16th and 17th repertoire.
Early modern music, song, ballads, theatre & dance. Viols, lute, voices, violin, recorders, harp. Christmas, Elizab...
passamezzo.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It's Bandcamp Friday, and we've got lots of music for you to listen to!
passamezzo.bandcamp.com
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #recordingartist #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama
passamezzo.bandcamp.com
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #bandcamp #bandcampfriday #recordingartist #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama
Throwback Thursday.
Filming Lady Mary Wroth's play, 'Love's Victory' at Penshurst in 2022
@elartpro.bsky.social
#throwbackthursday #musicianlife #earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
Filming Lady Mary Wroth's play, 'Love's Victory' at Penshurst in 2022
@elartpro.bsky.social
#throwbackthursday #musicianlife #earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
October 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Throwback Thursday.
Filming Lady Mary Wroth's play, 'Love's Victory' at Penshurst in 2022
@elartpro.bsky.social
#throwbackthursday #musicianlife #earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
Filming Lady Mary Wroth's play, 'Love's Victory' at Penshurst in 2022
@elartpro.bsky.social
#throwbackthursday #musicianlife #earlymusic #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen
Reposted by Tamsin Lewis
I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).
Reposted by Tamsin Lewis
TIL that people actually did call each other 'varlet' in the past and also that 'loggerhead' was once an insult
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
TIL that people actually did call each other 'varlet' in the past and also that 'loggerhead' was once an insult
Today's marginal #musician is playing the #bagpipes.
From a #15thCentury history of #Troy.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal.Lat.1962
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymusic
From a #15thCentury history of #Troy.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal.Lat.1962
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymusic
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Today's marginal #musician is playing the #bagpipes.
From a #15thCentury history of #Troy.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal.Lat.1962
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymusic
From a #15thCentury history of #Troy.
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Pal.Lat.1962
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #illuminatedmanuscript #earlymusic
27 September is #InternationalRabbitDay, so here are a couple of musical #rabbits from the margins of the Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, 1420-1425.
MS M.1004
#earlymusic #otd #onthisday #illuminatedmanuscript #drum #shawm #15thCentury #bookofhours #rabbit #marginalia
MS M.1004
#earlymusic #otd #onthisday #illuminatedmanuscript #drum #shawm #15thCentury #bookofhours #rabbit #marginalia
September 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
27 September is #InternationalRabbitDay, so here are a couple of musical #rabbits from the margins of the Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, 1420-1425.
MS M.1004
#earlymusic #otd #onthisday #illuminatedmanuscript #drum #shawm #15thCentury #bookofhours #rabbit #marginalia
MS M.1004
#earlymusic #otd #onthisday #illuminatedmanuscript #drum #shawm #15thCentury #bookofhours #rabbit #marginalia