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Penny Merriments - Street Songs of 17th Century Europe

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Anonymous, English: The Courtiers Health, or The Merry Boys of the Times (tune Come Boys Fill Us a Bumper); The Country Lass (tune Cold and Raw/Stingo); The Crost People, broadside ballad (a.k.a. "A ...
Performers: Skeaping, Lucie; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]; Wootton, Douglas
Conductors:
Ensemble: City Waites

The songs on this recording were the pop music of their day. Churned out by anonymous hacks, often working from dingy rooms at the back...continue...

How the World Wags - Social Music for a 17th C. Englishman

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-07-01

Works: Anonymous: Jamaica, or the Jovial Broom Man; Saint Turned Sinner; Jolly Barber; Maurice Webster: Galliard; Thomas Ravenscroft: Who Liveth So Merry; Martin Said to His Man, for voice(s) & ensemble; To...
Performers: Thompson, Keith [Flute/Recorder]; Wootton, Douglas
Conductors:
Ensemble: City Waites

"What a delightfully entertaining recordings! 'Wags' is the operative word here. The texts are fun. The music is fun. And the sheer joy ofperforming this...continue...