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.
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William #Byrd: Vidimus Stellam
From Gradualia, 1607
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #earlymodern #adorationofthemagi #williambyrd
William #Byrd: Vidimus Stellam
From Gradualia, 1607
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS...
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #earlymodern #adorationofthemagi #williambyrd
From a #15thCentury German #Gradual, c1450
Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 64:13
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #lute #illuminatedmanuscript #marginalia
From a #15thCentury German #Gradual, c1450
Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 64:13
#marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #earlymusic #lute #illuminatedmanuscript #marginalia
Here is an #illuminated initial from a song for today, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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#earlymusic #renaissance #renaissancesky #otd
Here is an #illuminated initial from a song for today, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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#earlymusic #renaissance #renaissancesky #otd
Here is an #illuminated initial from a #song for #InnocentsDay, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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#earlymusic #renaissance #otd
Here is an #illuminated initial from a #song for #InnocentsDay, from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475.
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#earlymusic #renaissance #otd
From New Carrolls for this Merry Time of Christmas, 1661
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALx...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #mincepies #otd #onthisday
From New Carrolls for this Merry Time of Christmas, 1661
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALx...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #mincepies #otd #onthisday
This detail from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475, shows a song for #StStephensDay.
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This detail from a #15thCentury #Antiphonal commissioned for the monastery of San Sisto in Piacenza in 1475, shows a song for #StStephensDay.
Boston Public LIbrary
#earlymusic #renaissance #renaissancesky #otd #onthisday
Robert #Herrick: Ceremonies for #ChristmasEve.
A #17thCentury song describing #Christmas traditions, including bringing in the #Yulelog & making #mincepies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZyM...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
Robert #Herrick: Ceremonies for #ChristmasEve.
A #17thCentury song describing #Christmas traditions, including bringing in the #Yulelog & making #mincepies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZyM...
#earlymusic #earlymodern
#Angels playing #violin and #lute.
Details from a painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds by #GiovanniBattistaCrespi, who was born #onthisday in 1573
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd #onthisdayinhistory #angelmusicians #iconography #historyofart
#Angels playing #violin and #lute.
Details from a painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds by #GiovanniBattistaCrespi, who was born #onthisday in 1573
#earlymusic #earlymodern #otd #onthisdayinhistory #angelmusicians #iconography #historyofart
A marginal musician playing the #shawm.
Detail from a page from a #15thCentury #Gradual, showing the #AdorationoftheMagi.
Florence, #BibliotecaMediceaLaurenziana, Edili 150
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #renaissance
A marginal musician playing the #shawm.
Detail from a page from a #15thCentury #Gradual, showing the #AdorationoftheMagi.
Florence, #BibliotecaMediceaLaurenziana, Edili 150
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #renaissance
As I out rode this enderes night - a #16thCentury English #carol from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, one of the #Coventry #MysteryPlays.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39AA...
#christmascarol #earlymusic #tudor #tudors #earlymodern #coventrycarol #soprano
As I out rode this enderes night - a #16thCentury English #carol from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, one of the #Coventry #MysteryPlays.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39AA...
#christmascarol #earlymusic #tudor #tudors #earlymodern #coventrycarol #soprano
As on the Night: Orlando #Gibbons' setting of George Wither's #hymn 46, 'For #Christmas' from The Hymnes and Songs of the Church, 1623.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVLQ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #christmasmusic #christmascarol #17thCentury #earlymodernsky #soprano
As on the Night: Orlando #Gibbons' setting of George Wither's #hymn 46, 'For #Christmas' from The Hymnes and Songs of the Church, 1623.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVLQ...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #christmasmusic #christmascarol #17thCentury #earlymodernsky #soprano
One for Throwback Thursday -filming Britain's Christmas Story with Gareth Malone in 2019
#earlymusic #christmasprogramme #adventcalendar #musicianlife
One for Throwback Thursday -filming Britain's Christmas Story with Gareth Malone in 2019
#earlymusic #christmasprogramme #adventcalendar #musicianlife
This Enders Night
An anonymous early #Tudor #lullaby #carol.
Emily Atkinson: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #tenor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Tamsin Lewis: alto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjye...
#earlymusicensemble #earlymusic #earlymodern #tudors #christmascarol
This Enders Night
An anonymous early #Tudor #lullaby #carol.
Emily Atkinson: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #tenor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Tamsin Lewis: alto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjye...
#earlymusicensemble #earlymusic #earlymodern #tudors #christmascarol
Today's #marginal musician is playing #bagpipes.
Detail from a page showing the Annunciation to the Shepherds in a #15thCentury #bookofhours.
MS Lat 253. Houghton Library, Harvard University, c1490
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #bagpipe
Today's #marginal musician is playing #bagpipes.
Detail from a page showing the Annunciation to the Shepherds in a #15thCentury #bookofhours.
MS Lat 253. Houghton Library, Harvard University, c1490
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #bagpipe
So lovely to play Old #Christmas Returned for Canterbury Music Club yesterday.
Great venue, lovely audience, and wonderful hospitality!
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife #christmasconcert
So lovely to play Old #Christmas Returned for Canterbury Music Club yesterday.
Great venue, lovely audience, and wonderful hospitality!
#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife #christmasconcert
#Christmas Cheer a country #dance from #Playford 's #DancingMaster, 1703
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARu...
#earlymusic #christmasmusic
#Christmas Cheer a country #dance from #Playford 's #DancingMaster, 1703
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARu...
#earlymusic #christmasmusic
One for #ThrowbackThursday:
Playing the World Turn'd Upside Down on top of a bus for #HowardGoodall 's The Truth About #Christmas #Carols in 2009
#londonbus #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife #christmascarols #broadsideballads
One for #ThrowbackThursday:
Playing the World Turn'd Upside Down on top of a bus for #HowardGoodall 's The Truth About #Christmas #Carols in 2009
#londonbus #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #musicianlife #musicianslife #christmascarols #broadsideballads
A late #16thCentury French book of #carols
Philibert Bugnyon's 'Noel nouveau, fort plaisant & recreatif'
BNF
#earlymusic #woodcutwednesday #earlymodern #christmascarols #noels
A late #16thCentury French book of #carols
Philibert Bugnyon's 'Noel nouveau, fort plaisant & recreatif'
BNF
#earlymusic #woodcutwednesday #earlymodern #christmascarols #noels
Thomas Campion's #lutesong 'Now #Winter Nights Enlarge'.
From The Third Booke of Ayres, 1617
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXg7...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #youtube #17thCentury
Thomas Campion's #lutesong 'Now #Winter Nights Enlarge'.
From The Third Booke of Ayres, 1617
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXg7...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #youtube #17thCentury
Marginal #musician playing #pipeandtabor. Detail from a page showing the #Nativity, in a #15thCentury French #BookofHours.
From the Spitz Hours, c1420.
#GettyMuseum ms 57 (94.ML.26)
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
Marginal #musician playing #pipeandtabor. Detail from a page showing the #Nativity, in a #15thCentury French #BookofHours.
From the Spitz Hours, c1420.
#GettyMuseum ms 57 (94.ML.26)
#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday
To Shorten Winter's Sadness: #16thCentury & #17thCentury English music, words & song for #Christmas & #Winter
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#earlymusic #earlymodern #sheetmusic #christmasmusic #tudorchristmas #tudor #tudors
To Shorten Winter's Sadness: #16thCentury & #17thCentury English music, words & song for #Christmas & #Winter
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#earlymusic #earlymodern #sheetmusic #christmasmusic #tudorchristmas #tudor #tudors