passamezzo, 6 months ago to earlymusic

Christmas Lamentation/Christmas is my name.
A 17thC broadside ballad, complaining about the lack of charity at Christmas.

Eleanor Cramer: soprano
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNuQiv-3RQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo, 7 months ago to histodon

Five of the Clocke - the fifth in a series of twelve pieces describing the minutiae of daily life in #earlymodern Britain.

From Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks, 1626.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_lKly6XqCI&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo, 8 months ago to earlymusic

One day late for International Coffee Day...
The Coffee House or Newsmongers Hall
A broadside ballad from 1672 describing events at a London coffee house.
Richard de Winter: tenor
Robin Jeffrey: theorbo
Alison Kinder: bass viol, recorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD51drQLQRQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo, 9 months ago to earlymusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt4zuXJK4UQ&ab_channel=Passamezzo

Sung before the King at New-market:
A 17th Century broadside ballad by Thomas D'Urfey, describing the sights and sounds of Newmarket during the racing season.

Richard de Winter: tenor
Robin Jeffrey: baroque guitar
Alison Kinder: bass viol

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passamezzo, 10 months ago to histodon

Two of the Clocke.
A fascinating and detailed description of daily life in #earlymodern England.
From Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks, 1626.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EALGlq6r4JA&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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passamezzo, 10 months ago to earlymodern

One of the Clocke.
A fascinating and detailed description of daily life in #earlymodern England.
From Nicholas Breton's Fantasticks, 1626.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km4BLlcKMA0&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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#socialhistory #time #hours #throughtheday #dailylife #tudor #tudors #clocks #16thCentury #17thcenturylife #17thCentury