An Elizabethan Songbook

 

Works by Thomas Campion, Edward Johnson, Anthony Holborn, Thomas Ford, Philip Rosseter, John Daniel, John Dowland, Francis Pilkington, Robert Jones, John Bartlett, Robert Johnson, Thomas Vautor and Thomas Morley The Boston Camerata / Joel Cohen

 

Elizabeth I, ‘the fairest queen of England’, who reigned from 1558 to 1603, had a passion for music, dance and drama. She kept talented lutenists in her privy chamber, eagerly attended masque performances and participated in dancing. There is no doubt that she herself enjoyed singing and playing on instruments, although a contemporary report tells us that in her music making she was ‘not ignorant nor excellent’.

 

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