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Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] · 2023-08-22 · 08:32 UTC

Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
A good example of Tudor propaganda.

A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
and
The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #baritone
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison KInder: bass #viol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-M&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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#ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history

#onthisday #soprano #baritone #lute #viol #earlymusic

Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] · 2023-02-21 · 09:18 UTC

Shrovetyde
An #anonymous #English #17thCentury #engraving from a #broadsideballad showing an #allegory of #Shrovetide.
Thomason Tracts, 1661

Shrovetide is depicted riding on an #ox and armed with a spit full of roasted meats, a #gridiron on his back, wrapped in #sausages and ready to go into battle with #Lent.

#calendarcustoms #foodhistory #broadsideballads #ballad #song #songs #cooking #cooks #pancakeday #fast #feast #carnival #carnevale #battlebetweencarnivalandlent #earlymodern #seventeenthcentury #onthisday #otd #onthisdayinhistory #shrovetuesday #history #historical #historicalfood

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#anonymous #english #17thcentury #engraving #broadsideballad #allegory

Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] · 2023-02-08 · 10:04 UTC

Detail from a #19thCentury #broadsideballad, The Lamentation of Mary Queen of #Scotland who was executed #onthisday at #Fotheringay in 1587.
From #Bodleian #Ballads Online: Roud Number V13754
#Tudors #Tudor #maryqueenofscots #OTD #ElizabethI #song #RoyalHistory #broadsideballads #histodon #histodons #histodon @histodons @histodon

#19thcentury #broadsideballad #scotland #onthisday #fotheringay #bodleian

Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] · 2023-01-13 · 10:42 UTC

A #seasonal #video:
To Drive the #Cold #Winter Away.
From Pepys Ballads, c1625

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

Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Richard de Winter: #baritone
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #Renaissance #violin
Richard Mackenzie: #lute

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#seasonal #video #cold #winter #viol #baritone

Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] · 2022-12-25 · 17:12 UTC

For anyone who feels that they've eaten too much, here is a
Carol for #ChristmasDay at Night: An anonymous 17thC #ballad carol describing many of the foods eaten at Christmas.
From New #Christmas #Carols, 1662.
In common with many #broadsideballads, this carol appear with lyrics but no music. Instead, instructions are given for the choice of melody - in this case, the popular tune, #Greensleeves.