The Turtle Dove - Songs
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Sharing love of early music songs, sacred & secular. Old hymns, carols, folk songs, rounds etc. How do we best learn by heart? And how can we "become attuned"? Includes basic theory of music posts.
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John Dowland (c.1563-1626) wrote "Time Stands Still," a beautiful lute song, published in 1603.
Number II from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires, "Printed at London for P.S. for Thomas Adams," 1603.
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Number II from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires, "Printed at London for P.S. for Thomas Adams," 1603.
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Dowland - Time Stands Still (1603)
John Dowland (c. 1563-1626) wrote the following beautiful lute song, published in 1603.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
John Dowland (c.1563-1626) wrote "Time Stands Still," a beautiful lute song, published in 1603.
Number II from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires, "Printed at London for P.S. for Thomas Adams," 1603.
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Number II from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires, "Printed at London for P.S. for Thomas Adams," 1603.
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Daily practice of any new skill helps it to become automatic. The mind then is free for additional new things.
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Basic Theory of Music (3.)
Knowing the names of the notes on the treble and/or bass staves needs to become automatic!
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June 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Daily practice of any new skill helps it to become automatic. The mind then is free for additional new things.
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This inspiring shape note hymn is from "The Southern Harmony and musical companion : containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems" by William Walker, 1835.
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Through All the World Below - "Captain Kidd"
Shape note hymn
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May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This inspiring shape note hymn is from "The Southern Harmony and musical companion : containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems" by William Walker, 1835.
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For singers who don't read music but would like to learn. The second in a series of posts on the basic theory of music.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For singers who don't read music but would like to learn. The second in a series of posts on the basic theory of music.
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"No one can listen with indifference to its notes."
The Turtle Dove - folk song collected by Vaughan Williams.
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The Turtle Dove - folk song collected by Vaughan Williams.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"No one can listen with indifference to its notes."
The Turtle Dove - folk song collected by Vaughan Williams.
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The Turtle Dove - folk song collected by Vaughan Williams.
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Here are some introductory remarks and exercises for those singers that wish to know more of some basic music theory, but never had the chance before.
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Basic Theory of Music (1.)
Initial orientation
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May 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here are some introductory remarks and exercises for those singers that wish to know more of some basic music theory, but never had the chance before.
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Am Meangan - The Branch
This lovely song or hymn comes from "The Songs and Hymns of the Scottish Highlands" with translations and music. And an introduction by L. Macbean, Machlachlan & Stewart (Edinburgh), 1888.
This lovely song or hymn comes from "The Songs and Hymns of the Scottish Highlands" with translations and music. And an introduction by L. Macbean, Machlachlan & Stewart (Edinburgh), 1888.
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Am Meangan - The Branch
This lovely song or hymn comes from "The Songs and Hymns of the Scottish Highlands" with translations and music. And an introduction by L. Macbean, Machlachlan & Stewart (Edinburgh), 1888.
This lovely song or hymn comes from "The Songs and Hymns of the Scottish Highlands" with translations and music. And an introduction by L. Macbean, Machlachlan & Stewart (Edinburgh), 1888.
How much the emotional state affects the voice! Perhaps the other way around is also true - how much the way we use the voice affects the emotional state, both our own and others.'
April 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
How much the emotional state affects the voice! Perhaps the other way around is also true - how much the way we use the voice affects the emotional state, both our own and others.'
Here is how Orlando Gibbons well-known "Song I," present in many modern hymn books, originally appeared (with images whitened and slightly cleaned up).
In "The hymnes and songs of the Church. Diuided into two parts," London, Printed [by John Bill] for G[eorge] W[ither], 1623, from pages 1 and 2.
In "The hymnes and songs of the Church. Diuided into two parts," London, Printed [by John Bill] for G[eorge] W[ither], 1623, from pages 1 and 2.
March 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Here is how Orlando Gibbons well-known "Song I," present in many modern hymn books, originally appeared (with images whitened and slightly cleaned up).
In "The hymnes and songs of the Church. Diuided into two parts," London, Printed [by John Bill] for G[eorge] W[ither], 1623, from pages 1 and 2.
In "The hymnes and songs of the Church. Diuided into two parts," London, Printed [by John Bill] for G[eorge] W[ither], 1623, from pages 1 and 2.
Isn't it so that a song becomes so much more alive to us and our listeners when we sing it by heart, rather than noses buried in a score?
But how to sharpen the tool of memory?
Or is it more about ATTUNING our memory?
One thing is clear - memory leads to memory!
But how to sharpen the tool of memory?
Or is it more about ATTUNING our memory?
One thing is clear - memory leads to memory!
March 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Isn't it so that a song becomes so much more alive to us and our listeners when we sing it by heart, rather than noses buried in a score?
But how to sharpen the tool of memory?
Or is it more about ATTUNING our memory?
One thing is clear - memory leads to memory!
But how to sharpen the tool of memory?
Or is it more about ATTUNING our memory?
One thing is clear - memory leads to memory!
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"Piglet told himself that never in all his life, and he was goodness knows HOW old — three, was it, or four? — never had he seen so much rain."
~ A.A. Milne
~ A.A. Milne
February 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"Piglet told himself that never in all his life, and he was goodness knows HOW old — three, was it, or four? — never had he seen so much rain."
~ A.A. Milne
~ A.A. Milne
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February 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very cheerful music, thank you.
And I love the bare feet!
And I love the bare feet!
Joe Williams -
Telemann Canonic Sonata No 1for 2 Violins. youtu.be/dvPhak1PY6g?... via @YouTube
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Telemann Canonic Sonata No 1for 2 Violins. youtu.be/dvPhak1PY6g?... via @YouTube
#earlymusicnewsorg
Telemann Canonic Sonata No 1for 2 Violins.
YouTube video by Joe Williams
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February 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Very cheerful music, thank you.
And I love the bare feet!
And I love the bare feet!
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February 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Song 34 (Angels Song) by Orlando Gibbons in George Wither's "The hymnes and songs of the Church," PRINTED FOR THE SPENSER SOCIETY, 1881. (Original 1623)
February 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Song 34 (Angels Song) by Orlando Gibbons in George Wither's "The hymnes and songs of the Church," PRINTED FOR THE SPENSER SOCIETY, 1881. (Original 1623)
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Danby (L.M.) - English folk melody, collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
February 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Danby (L.M.) - English folk melody, collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
"Nature is an Æolian Harp, a musical instrument; whose tones again are keys to higher strings in us." (Novalis)
February 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Nature is an Æolian Harp, a musical instrument; whose tones again are keys to higher strings in us." (Novalis)