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DOR-93186
Title:
The Little Barley-Corne
Artist:
Toronto Consort, The
Genre:
Historically Informed PerformancesEnsembles and Orchestras
Period:
Renaissance
Baroque
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In the 16th and 17th centuries much vernacular music celebrating the festivals of winter (Christmas, St. Stephen's Day, New Year, Twelfth Night, etc.) took the form of newly-written verses set to pre-existent tunes. In England an extensive repertoire of ballad tunes frequently provided the melodies for these Yuletide verses, while in France the melodies tended to consist of fragments of liturgical music, theatre songs or folk songs.
Sometimes these texts were published in books, other times on large folio sheets known as broadsides. This latter format was used widely in English society, not only for Christmas texts but more importantly for ballads describing historical events, tales of love and romance, even political propaganda. Neither the books nor the broadsides usually contained music; rather, underneath the title of the ballad was the designation "To the tune of . . ."
Performers:
Toronto Consort, The
Composers:
Various
Tracks:
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1. The Little Barley-Corne
2. All you that are good fellowes
3. Greensleves and pudding pies/Bouzer Castle
4. Les Gavottes (Michael Praetorius)
5. Branle de l'Official/Le bel Ange du Ciel
6. Une jeune pucelle
7. Ave maris stella/Noël nouvelet
8. Apostrophe au petit Iesu couché dans la creche
9. Now when Joseph and Mary
10. Scotch Cap/A Scotch Firk/Scots Rant
11. O salich heylich Bethlehem (Guilielmus Messaus)
12. O Heilig Zalig (Jacob van Eyck)
13. Lady Catherine Ogle/The Scotchman's Dance
14. Drive the cold winter away/Come follow follow me
15. Jésus naît, tendre et blême
16. Vray Dieu il n'est si doulce chose
17. L'Annonciation de l'Ange Gabriel á la Vierge Marie
18. Basse Danse "L'Annonciation"
19. Chestnut/Kettle drum/The Symphony
20. Now Candlemas is come at last
Total Program Length: 74:04
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