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Track(s) taken from CDH55013

A Bellman's Song

First line:
Maids to bed and cover cole
composer
from Melismata, 1611 'Citie Conceits'
author of text

The City Waites
Recording details: October 1980
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: January 1988
Total duration: 1 minutes 6 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Splendid, vigorous, animated, hilarious’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘Rollicking good fun’ (The Cornish Guardian)

‘Highly entertaining’ (Classical Music)
This lovely song is another setting by Ravenscroft (c1582- c1635) in Melismata (1611), from Citie Conceits.

from notes by Douglas Wootton © 1981

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