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  1. This weekend I started #wikipedia articles on Baltimore-born sisters Elizabeth Gutman Kaye (1887-1971) and Adele Gutman Nathan (1889-1986); Elizabeth was a singer and artist, and Adele was a theatrical director who wrote more than a dozen children's books on history topics.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Gu
    @wikiwomeninred @wikimediadc #baltimore #WomeninMusic #Soprano #Pageants #Theatre #WomenWriters #ChildrensLit

  2. #Allegorical figures of #plenty: #Flora,# Ceres, #Ops (abundance) and #Pales (goddess of shepherds, here described as rustica cum caseo - with cheese!) All playing #cornetti

    To the right, the #elemental figures of Ignis (fire) and Aer (air) - the other two #elements are on the following page.

    From the #16thCentury #pageantbook showing the 8 #pageants held for the Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596.
    Bavarian State Library: Cod.icon. 340.

    #earlymusic @earlymusic #earlymodern @earlymodern #cheese #histodon #histodons @histodons @histodon #cornet #cornetto #cornett #allegory #mythology #latin

  3. My #newbook is here at last!

    Here Comes My Lord Mayor - #17thCentury songs for the Lord Mayor's Show.

    A selection of #ballads and #songs illustrating the sights and sounds of in Lord Mayor’s Triumph in #earlymodern #London. They describe a range of events including a magnificent #procession, #music and #pageants on the #Thames and in the City, a great #feast, crowds of people, and lots of #fireworks

    rondopublishing.co.uk/product/

    #lordmayorsshow
    #lordmayoroflondon
    #history
    #londonhistory
    #lordmayor
    #seventeenthcentury
    #earlymusic
    #sheetmusic
    #publishing
    #book
    #histodon
    #histodon
    #historyoflondon
    @histodon
    @histodons
    @earlymusic
    @earlymodern