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The Shepherds' Holiday, or Labour in Vain.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The English #Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1651.

Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IFbNuxQjeI&list=UULFpQK1ehIIykjVNE94Eu4Hqw&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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It's a gloriously sunny day here, so here's a #dance to match the weather:

The Glory of the Sun.
An anonymous #17thCentury #countrydance from The Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1657.

Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
Peter Luke Kenny: #drum
Image: Abel Grimmer - peasants dancing, 1614

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKwK95SWak&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Row well ye mariners.
An anonymous #dance and #ballad tune, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
From The Country Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1651.

Eleanor Cramer: bass viol
Robin Jeffrey: #cittern
Alison Kinder: recorder
Lynda Sayce: #recorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g0qFmqqIH8&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Something for #europeday...

Europe's Revels, a dance by John Eccles, from his interlude, Europe's Revels for the Peace, which was performed at court and at London theatres in 1697.
This image of the dance comes from The Dancing Master, Henry Playford, 1698

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25 March is the Feast of the Annunciation, or Lady Day, and the first day of the New Year in #medieval and #earlymodern times.
Here is a #dance for today from the Dancing Master (Henry #Playford, 1698)

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