Elise Groves
@elisegroves.bsky.social
Soprano (www.elisemgroves.com)
Lover of early music, Star Trek, and chocolate
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Lover of early music, Star Trek, and chocolate
she/her
Purcell wasn't the only composer to set the lament of Dido, Queen of Carthage! Read more about the story and the setting by Josquin des Prez here! #EarlyMusicMonday www.inquiriesjournal.com/amp/806/four...
Four Lines to Immortality: Dido's Renaissance Through Josquin des Prez - JournalQuest
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December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Purcell wasn't the only composer to set the lament of Dido, Queen of Carthage! Read more about the story and the setting by Josquin des Prez here! #EarlyMusicMonday www.inquiriesjournal.com/amp/806/four...
Handel's "Messiah" is beloved now but initially the librettist, Charles Jennens, was so irritated with what Handel had done that he swore he would not give him another libretto. Read more about the relationship between Handel and Jennens below! #EarlyMusicMonday www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2012...
Charles Jennens the unsung inspiration behind George Frideric Handel's Messiah
Dubliners were the first to hear Handel’s Messiah during Passion Week, 1742. Accounts of its premiere on April 13 treat it as the finest piece of music ever written. The only one to disagree? Libretti...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Handel's "Messiah" is beloved now but initially the librettist, Charles Jennens, was so irritated with what Handel had done that he swore he would not give him another libretto. Read more about the relationship between Handel and Jennens below! #EarlyMusicMonday www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2012...
There's always something new (or in this case old) to discover! #EarlyMusicMonday www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medi...
Medieval Musical Notations Discovered in 9th-Century Manuscript - Medievalists.net
A newly identified 9th-century manuscript leaf may contain some of the earliest known examples of written music in Western Europe — what experts are calling a rare witness to the very dawn of musical ...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There's always something new (or in this case old) to discover! #EarlyMusicMonday www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medi...
Check out this GORGEOUS piece! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5h...
Richard Dering (ca.1680-1630) - Hei mihi, domine - Transports Publics
YouTube video by thomas baeté
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Check out this GORGEOUS piece! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5h...
My favorite part of analyzing a piece is seeing how the composer constructed it (and remembering that they're just humans with a particular skillset, like anyone else). This video from Early Music Sources demystifies a gorgeous chanson by Josquin! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/jPbTdAGjFz0?...
How Josquin composed his five- and six-voice chansons
YouTube video by Early Music Sources
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November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My favorite part of analyzing a piece is seeing how the composer constructed it (and remembering that they're just humans with a particular skillset, like anyone else). This video from Early Music Sources demystifies a gorgeous chanson by Josquin! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/jPbTdAGjFz0?...
In case you find yourself looking for a specific Bach chorale (like I did today), check out this resource with recordings of Bach's harmonizations! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/@Secondary-D...
Note & Rest
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October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In case you find yourself looking for a specific Bach chorale (like I did today), check out this resource with recordings of Bach's harmonizations! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/@Secondary-D...
New (old) music for flute! I love reading about discoveries of new repertoire, including this collection from Marais! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
First Listen: New Flute Music by Marin Marais » Early Music America
French flutist François Lazarevitch and Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien have released the first professional recording of a recent discovery: flute music by Marin Maris that was unknown till 2023. It's ...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
New (old) music for flute! I love reading about discoveries of new repertoire, including this collection from Marais! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
I've sung about coffee, tobacco, strong drink, and roasted goose, and here's one about chocolate to add to the next food-themed concert! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/a5KJxEO56qA?...
In Praise of Chocolate
YouTube video by Passamezzo
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October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've sung about coffee, tobacco, strong drink, and roasted goose, and here's one about chocolate to add to the next food-themed concert! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/a5KJxEO56qA?...
Headed back to Boston with this fantastic Praetorius ringing in my ears! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/FD5xzen5iRY?...
Hieronymus Praetorius: Tulerunt Dominum meum - Siglo de Oro
YouTube video by pannonia77
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October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Headed back to Boston with this fantastic Praetorius ringing in my ears! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/FD5xzen5iRY?...
Happy feast of St. Michael! I'm celebrating in true #EarlyMusicMonday fashion with this piece by Richard Dering!"There was silence in heaven when the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael"
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RECORDARE | Factum est silentium - Richard Dering
YouTube video by Recordare Chamber Choir
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September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Happy feast of St. Michael! I'm celebrating in true #EarlyMusicMonday fashion with this piece by Richard Dering!"There was silence in heaven when the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael"
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Kudos to my friends in Lyracle for their excellent research and sensitive handling of this incredible story! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/emag-feature...
Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy » Early Music America
Four Japanese boys, students at a Jesuit missionary school in the 1580s, were sent on an eight-year tour of Europe. Tracing this fascinating but fraught history for a concert program meant accepting a...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kudos to my friends in Lyracle for their excellent research and sensitive handling of this incredible story! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/emag-feature...
It's not Easter, but I came across this gorgeous "Regina caeli" setting, and can't wait to get more polyphony back in my life! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/QnP3uZjGZME?...
Victoria: Regina coeli 8vv - La Grande Chapelle
YouTube video by pannonia77
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September 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's not Easter, but I came across this gorgeous "Regina caeli" setting, and can't wait to get more polyphony back in my life! #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/QnP3uZjGZME?...
I hadn't heard about Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (and I bet you hadn't either). Let's talk about why! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/emag-feature...
Telling Her Story » Early Music America
As we discover more about historical women musicians and share their stories with a 21st-century audience, writes keyboardist and theorist Paula Maust, we must create a narrative that does not put the...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I hadn't heard about Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (and I bet you hadn't either). Let's talk about why! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/emag-feature...
Usually I give some teaser before I introduce a person, but this #EarlyMusicMonday surprised me entirely - how did I make it all this time without learning about her? And why have I never heard something she's composed? Read, learn, listen, and program! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Lo...
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy - Wikipedia
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September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Usually I give some teaser before I introduce a person, but this #EarlyMusicMonday surprised me entirely - how did I make it all this time without learning about her? And why have I never heard something she's composed? Read, learn, listen, and program! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Lo...
This musician was a major influence on Tallis and Taverner, served both Henry VII and Henry VIII, and in 1520 led the Chapel Royal in the state visit to France known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Also, Eton Choirbook! Meet Robert Fayrfax! #EarlyMusicMonday en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
Robert Fayrfax - Wikipedia
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August 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This musician was a major influence on Tallis and Taverner, served both Henry VII and Henry VIII, and in 1520 led the Chapel Royal in the state visit to France known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Also, Eton Choirbook! Meet Robert Fayrfax! #EarlyMusicMonday en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
#EarlyMusicMonday started on this day in 2017! I've lost count of how many posts I've made in all those years, but I keep a searchable archive in case you want to find something from years prior! www.elisemgroves.com/early-music-...
Early Music Monday Index — Elise Groves, soprano
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August 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#EarlyMusicMonday started on this day in 2017! I've lost count of how many posts I've made in all those years, but I keep a searchable archive in case you want to find something from years prior! www.elisemgroves.com/early-music-...
Some days (all days?) just need gorgeous polyphony! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEs...
Emendemus in melius (William Byrd)
YouTube video by The Gesualdo Six
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August 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Some days (all days?) just need gorgeous polyphony! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEs...
Hot on the heels of me giving someone the quick version of "how to medieval music", this awesome video from Early Music Sources takes a dive into the troubadour repertoire, including a lot of the same process I walked someone through this morning! #EarlyMusicMonday
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How medieval music sounded in the 18th century?!
YouTube video by Early Music Sources
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August 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hot on the heels of me giving someone the quick version of "how to medieval music", this awesome video from Early Music Sources takes a dive into the troubadour repertoire, including a lot of the same process I walked someone through this morning! #EarlyMusicMonday
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Courtesy of Liza Malamut and Incantare, today's #EarlyMusicMonday is this gorgeous setting of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Andreas Hammerschmidt! youtu.be/WOVQ-KBByb8?...
Christ lag in Todesbanden - Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/12-1675)
YouTube video by Incantare
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August 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Courtesy of Liza Malamut and Incantare, today's #EarlyMusicMonday is this gorgeous setting of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Andreas Hammerschmidt! youtu.be/WOVQ-KBByb8?...
Somewhere in English music history between Purcell and Handel, John Weldon won a competition for his setting of "The Judgement of Paris". Never heard of it? (I hadn't). Now you have! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
And the Winner is...John Weldon's 'The Judgment of Paris' » Early Music America
In early 18th-c. Britain, a competition to help promote opera in English led to a surprise winner. John Weldon's 'The Judgment of Paris,' recorded for the first time by the Academy of Ancient Music, b...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Somewhere in English music history between Purcell and Handel, John Weldon won a competition for his setting of "The Judgement of Paris". Never heard of it? (I hadn't). Now you have! #EarlyMusicMonday www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles...
I've always had complicated feelings about transcriptions, but came across this video yesterday, and it was exactly what this Monday needed. #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/Qd6Mn0K_pd4?...
J.S. Bach - Partita in E major, BWV 1006 - on marimba
YouTube video by Chara Percussion Ensemble
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July 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've always had complicated feelings about transcriptions, but came across this video yesterday, and it was exactly what this Monday needed. #EarlyMusicMonday youtu.be/Qd6Mn0K_pd4?...
What a fun way to test your knowledge of composers! Some early, some not, but all worth knowing/programming! #EarlyMusicMonday interlude.hk/test-your-kn...
Test Your Knowledge: How Well Do You Know Your Female Composers?
Challenge yourself with this 10-question quiz about groundbreaking female composers from Hildegard von Bingen to Caroline Shaw.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What a fun way to test your knowledge of composers! Some early, some not, but all worth knowing/programming! #EarlyMusicMonday interlude.hk/test-your-kn...
I've spent the last two weeks exploring this fantastic piece by Simone Coya - basically a study in someone spiraling until they decide going mad is actually a viable option! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta9i...
SIMONE COYA: L'Amante Impazzito PDF SCORE
YouTube video by Early Music Scores
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July 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I've spent the last two weeks exploring this fantastic piece by Simone Coya - basically a study in someone spiraling until they decide going mad is actually a viable option! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta9i...
After last week’s exploration of historical fashions from “Greensleeves”, here’s the finished video (and recording)! #earlymusicmonday youtu.be/IAHnmqSQdDw?...
The Greensleeves Project
YouTube video by Passamezzo
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June 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
After last week’s exploration of historical fashions from “Greensleeves”, here’s the finished video (and recording)! #earlymusicmonday youtu.be/IAHnmqSQdDw?...
In the early music world, we spend time exploring non-musical sources to learn about the role of music in different times. But the inverse happens too! Check out this exploration of what the song "Greensleeves" tells us about historical clothing! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVO...
Who Was Greensleeves? An Extraordinary Reconstruction of Her Clothes
YouTube video by Bernadette Banner
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June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the early music world, we spend time exploring non-musical sources to learn about the role of music in different times. But the inverse happens too! Check out this exploration of what the song "Greensleeves" tells us about historical clothing! #EarlyMusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVO...