London Jazz Four
An Elizabethan Songbook
In compiling a modern album of Elizabethan music, we were faced with both technical and interpretive problems. Musically
we had to decide how far we could alter the original notation in order to allow ourselves a more modern basis for
improvisation, and at the same time preserve the original character of the music. To achieve this, we concentrated on
melodies that were strong enough to withstand at times rather violent re-harmonisation, without losing their Elizabethan
flavour. This is not to say that all the tunes received completely new harmonies, "Bony Sweet Robin", "The Old
Spagnoletta", and "Flow My Tears" for example, are melodically and harmonically exactly as the original, whereas "Green
Grows The Holly" only retains its rather beautiful melody.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
27-03-2020
Label
Item-nr
541373
EAN
0889397107345
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
THE OLD SPAGNOLETTA
2
0 MISTRES MYNE
3
FLOW MY TEARS
4
ORIENTIS
5
IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS
6
ROUNDELAY
7
RONDEAU
8
BONY SWEET ROBIN
9
GREEN GROWS
10
THE HOLLY
11
SCARBOROUGH FAIR / CANTICLE
12
THE EARLE OF SALISBURY
