Is this thread really lute related?
If not: stop it....
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Von: Christopher Stetson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 23:23
An: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Finery & Filth...
And a fine tradition it is!
Great emoticon, BTW.
C.
>>> "Ray Brohinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/2008 3:08 pm >>>
Actually, more than a few latter-day Puritan descendents still keep up
the tradition. 8^)
On Jan 4, 2008 3:01 PM, Christopher Stetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Yes, and Puritan ministers apparently often married couples, my
> ancestors likely among them, who were already pregnant (please forgive
> my logically indefensible, but modernly popular and grammatically
> expedient shortcut!) or even with children. However, it must be noted
> that the theory was, to the best of my knowledge, that in the eyes of
> God the connubial act was what created ("consummated") the marriage,
> and the church ceremony simply recognized it and made it public. If
> the ceremony could take place before the consummation, great. But if
> not...
>
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> >>> "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/2008 2:11 pm >>>
> The Puritans approved, after all, of the practice of "bundling" (at
> least, they did in colonial Massachusetts, I'm not sure about
> elsewhere).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Stetson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:26 AM
> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Finery & Filth...
>
> Hi, all,
> Hey, let's not perpetuate the Victorian myth that the Puritans didn't
> like sex, and even probably laugh at the occasional bawdy joke. There
> wouldn't be nearly so many of us Puritan descendants if that were the
> case! Blasphemy, (which is now, of course, ok!) no, but bawdiness (now
> not ok), yes. As my Renaissance dance teacher told us way back when,
> if the ministers and priests were preaching against something, you can
> be pretty sure a lot of people were doing it. Best to all,
> C.
>
>
> >>> Andrew Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/2008 8:52 am >>>
> He's going to perform his one man show _Finery and Filth_ at the next
> Lute Society (UK) meeting on the 19th. Apparently it _contains lyrics
> not suitable for those of a Puritan disposition_. Sounds like my kind
> of thing.
>
> Andrew
>
> On 4 Jan 2008, at 13:37, Ron Fletcher wrote:
>
> > I was watching local TV-news last night when there was a feature on
> > an Elizabethan period performer from Lincolnshire.
> >
> > He has recently discovered a book of 'bawdy drinking-songs' written
> > by Henry Purcell, a composer we would not readily associate with
> > this type of music.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dante Ferrara is an early-music performer on cittern and hurdy-
> > gurdy, which should be of interest to several readers here. He has
> > just released a CD
> > Bazimakoo.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.danteferrara.co.uk/
> >
> >
> >
> > One page has several video-clips of his performances, which will
> > delight I'm sure.
> >
> > There's even one using an open-strung chitaronne.
> >
> >
> >
> > BTW I had not heard of this guy before. Has he been on this list?
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Wishes
> >
> >
> >
>
> > Ron (UK)
> >
> >
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