Wayne is right - it's the staynes morris tune. I asked myself the same
question when I was arranging that carol for a Christmas concert a
couple of years ago. Arrangers of the tune often give the impression
that a setting of the song is to be found in the Ballet manuscript,
which is not the case. I suspect that very few of them will have seen
the original. For the purposes of accompanying a choir it would be much
better in my opinion to intabulate the setting they are working from -
the Ballet setting is unlikely to be a perfect fit.
Best wishes,
Denys
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From: Wayne <wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, 30 November 2015, 16:09
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Blessed be that Maid Marie
Would that be the Staynes Morris on page 91 ?
Wayne
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> From: Edward Martin <[1]edvihuel...@gmail.com>
> Date: November 30, 2015 at 10:53:51 AM EST
> To: lute net <[2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Subject: [LUTE] Blessed be that Maid Marie
>
> Dear ones,
> I have been asked by a professional choir to play along with a
> Christmas Carol, Blessed be that Maid Marie. There are modern
choral
> arrangements of this piece, and they all attribute that it is from
the
> William Ballet Lute Book. Here is a link to the book in digital
> format, from a library in Dublin, of the Ballet Lute Book:
> [1][3]http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
> I looked through it, and I could not find a piece with this title,
and
> it is also not listed in Julia Craig-McFeely's thesis, and she
doesn't
> list any piece by that name in any English source. I looked at the
> pices in the book, and could not find any of the tablatures that
seem
> to match the melody of this piece.
> Allan Alexander did a beautiful adaptation years ago with variations
> (published in the LSA November 2004 Holiday newsletter, page 44),
but I
> am unable to find the original.
> Does this piece exist in the book under a different title?
> Any assistance is appreciated!
> Happy luting,
> ed
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> 1. [4]http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
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3. http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
4. http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
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