In 1651 publisher John Playford produced The English Dancing Master, a work that included 105 tunes and the dance step notation to perform them. It proved so popular that new editions continued to be produced by his son Henry after…
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Late evening listening – talented or pretentious?
Ludovico Einaudi: Barrington Pheloung
Quand la ville dort …
[English note: I run these occasional posts in French because written French is fairly easy for English speakers to get the gist of, especially my own French, which is more difficult for the French to understand.] Muriel Moreno est un…
Late evening listening – take it away, gentlemen
Which of the seven songs do you like best?
Late evening listening – take it away, ladies
Which of the seven songs do you like best?
Late evening listening – Dearieme presents Bizet
Love that beard: Well, that was stirring, wasn’t it? Dearieme has left me little choice. It’s either Carmen, the Pearl Fishers or this to round up the evening: … which is as well because I was about to throw in…
Late evening listening – Dearieme at it again
Eva Taylor [remember her in her 90s, some weeks back?]: Is you ain’t or is you ain’t? From me – Kid Ory: