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#countrydance

#Vote early, and then enjoy Undead #CountryDance 🎻🎵 .

https://vote.org

Source: Skeleton Hand, 1952
h/t @oldhorrorcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/ChkVpBQveCP

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A skeleton playing a fiddle, undead and humans dancing. Meme text "Vote First Then Enjoy Undead Country Dance"

London Bridge: an anonymous 'country dance' from The Dancing Master, 1710.

Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Robin Jeffrey: #baroque #guitar

Image: Claude de Jongh - View of London Bridge, 1632

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wHrK7BSI8s&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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Another seasonal song:
The Country People's Felicity: a #17thCentury #broadsideballad about #haymaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9zGjovPBOg&ab_channel=Passamezzo
#laboursofthemonths #july #earlymusic #ballad #earlymodern @earlymodern @earlymusic
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#histodon #histodons #ballad #song #violin #violinist #recorder #viol #lute #tenor #earlymusicensemble #countrydance

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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#historicalmusic #recorderplayer #histodon #histodons @histodons @histodon @earlymodern #folkmusic #youtube #youtubemusic #youtubechannel #youtubevideo #video #lutenist #dance

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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#histodon #histodons #historical #historicaldance #folkmusic #earlydance #sun #sunshine #summer #music #musicians #youtube #youtubechannel #dancing #dancingmaster

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

#earlymusic #earlymodern #dancemusic #16thCentury #Tudor #Tudormusic #Tudors #17thCentury #historical #historicalmusic #histodon #histodons #countrydance #folkmusic #ballad #mariners #sailors #maritime
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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

@thedancingmaster

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A dance for today:
Easter Tuesday
From The Dancing Master, Henry Playford, 1695

#eastertuesday
#earlymusic
#earlymodern
#earlydance
#historicaldance
#baroque
#HenryPlayford
#seventeenthcentury
#otd
#onthisday
#onthisdayinhistory
#dance
#Easter
#17thCentury
#countrydance
#music
#seasonal
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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)

#otd
#onthisday
#onthisdayinhistory
#earlymusic
#sheetmusic
#LadyDay
#annunciation
#17thcentury
#historicaldance
#dancingmaster
#seventeenthcentury
#earlydance
#countrydance
#history
#histodon
#histodons

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Jenny Pluck Pears: an anonymous 17th Century 'country dance'.
From The English Dancing Master, John Playford, 1651
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #renaissance #guitar
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: renaissance violin
#17thCentury #17thCenturyHistory #17thCenturyMusic #JohnPlayford #seventeenthcentury #violinist #violadagamba #dancemusic #countrydance #englishmusic #englishdancingmaster #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #baroque #renaissance #earlymodern #folkmusic
#folk #historicdance #historical @histodons @histodon @earlymusic @earlymodern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Hl3C0Wlus&ab_channel=Passamezzo

Apparently it is #NationalStrawberryDay today.
This seems like the wrong time of year (and I wonder if #turnips might not be more appropriate at the moment), but I'll jump on the bandwagon with a #video of Strawberries and Cream (or Ginnie Pug) from Playford's Dancing Master, 1670.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTxak2qVf20&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#earlymusic #youtube #youtubemusic #youtubevideo #youtubechannel #earlymodern #strawberries #strawberry #strawberriesandcream #violinist #violadagamba #recordingartist #countrydance #dance #classicalmusic #folkmusic #englishmusic #turnip #otd #onthisday
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Ash Wednesday
An anonymous #17thCentury 'country dance' from Playford's Dancing Master, 1687.

#ashwednesday #firstdayoflent #Lent #lenten #dance #countrydance #earlymusic #otd #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #historythroughdance #historythroughmusic #seasonal #seventeenthcentury #JohnPlayford #englishdancingmaster #dancingmaster #earlydance #historicaldance @earlymusic @earlymodern #histodon #history #histodons @histodons @histodon

The Glory of the Kitchen
An anonymous 17th Century 'country dance' from John Playford's Dancing Master, 1665.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

Image :Pieter Aertsen - The Fat Kitchen, c1565-75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPn75xFUWs&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#historicalfood #foodhistory #kitchen #cookery #cook #cooks #17thCentury #17thCenturyHistory #17thCenturyMusic #JohnPlayford #Aertsen #PieterAertsen #seventeenthcentury #violinist #violadagamba #dancemusic #countrydance #englishmusic #englishdancingmaster #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #baroque #renaissance #earlymodern @histodons @histodon @earlymusic @earlymodern

Something #wintry to match today's weather:
#Music for 'On the #Cold ground', from The Dancing Master, John Playford,1665.

#earlymusic #sheetmusic #JohnPlayford #histodon #histodons #17thCentury #17thCenturypublishing #dancemusic #countrydance #earlymodern #baroque #musicprinting #historicalmusic

It's #freezing today, so here some #earlymusic to fit the #weather...
On the #Cold Ground - an #anonymous #17thCentury 'country dance' from The #Dancing Master, John #Playford, 1665.
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Richard de Winter: #bell
Alison Kinder: tenor #recorder
Richard Mackenzie: #baroque #guitar