#DancingMaster

Tamsin Lewis

@passamezzo.bsky.social

1 week ago

Something for #BritishPieWeek
#GreenSleeves and Pudding-Pies,
#Playford's #DancingMaster, 1686.
Pudding #pies were popular street food and they are often mentioned in #ballads and street cries.
Woodcut from a set of #CriesofLondon in the Pepys Library.
#earlymusic #earlymodern #pieweek

Tamsin Lewis

@passamezzo.bsky.social

1 month ago

Green Stockings - Playford's Dancing Master YouTube video by Passamezzo

A rather shaky phone video as a short taster from Monday's recording session.
Divisions on Green Stockings - an anonymous #17thCentury country #dance from John #Playford's #DancingMaster, 1675.
Alison Kinder: treble #viol
Sam Brown #lute:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgRJ...
#earlymusic

Tamsin Lewis

@passamezzo.bsky.social

3 months ago

Christmas Cheer YouTube video by Passamezzo

Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 12
#Christmas Cheer a country #dance from #Playford 's #DancingMaster, 1703
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARu...

#earlymusic #christmasmusic

Toronto Early Music Centre

@earlymusicto.bsky.social

6 months ago

#EnglishCountryDances: 17thC music
fr publications of John #Playford
#DavidDouglass
#PaulODette
#AndrewLawrenceKing
youtu.be/aflFyQOR8yI
#TheDancingMaster1651
#DancingMaster: The Compleat Dance Guide – A collection, catalogue, and index of all dances published in editions playforddances.com

Tamsin Lewis

@passamezzo.bsky.social

1 year ago

Playford's Dancing Master: Twelfth Eve YouTube video by Passamezzo

Today is the 11th Day of Christmas, or #TwelfthEve, so here's a #dance from Playford's #DancingMaster, 1701.
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Peter Luke Kenny: drum
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4m5...

#earlymusic #12daysofchristmas