Rough Musick

T334609531

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The Musicians of the Globe

Popular early modern instrumental music from London's taverns, streets, theatres, coffee houses and music rooms. Musical life in England probably reached its zenith during Elizabethan and early Jacobean times; a remarkable number of excellent composers wrote music of every description for dancing, singing, the home, the court, the theatre and the church - and they wrote for every kind of musical ensemble. Rough Musick is a survey of real low-life, underground, foot-stomping folky ballad tunes, divisions and country dances from Elizabethan times to the Restoration, with a host of unusual instruments.