LGS-Europe wrote:
Ballette Gravesand (Fluyten Lusthof I) = Laura (Fluyten Lusthof II) = the
English song 'The fairest nymph the valleys or mountain ever bred' = a mask
song.
First appearance in Holland is in Starter's Friesche Lusthof.
Lute versions in:
M.L. lute book (f 32r, no title)
Board lute book (f 38v grays Inn mask)
Add:
Osborn fb 7 89v/6 The Queens ffuneralle
M. L. 30r/2 graysin maske
There are also versions for lyra viol (playable on a lute) in:
GB-Och MS 531-532 (item 31, no title)
Browne lyra viol MS (Temple Masque)
Manchester lyra viol MS (Alman)
All this, and much more (back ground, instrumental versions (e.g. a keyboard
setting by Orlando Gibbons),
1186 36v/2 ye fairest Nymphes ye valleys. Brookes, No. 760
5609 2/2 The fairest Nymphes the Valleys or Mountains ever bred etc
Brookes,
No. 760
Och 437 5r Grayseind: Maske: Brookes, No. 760
Bunbury 13v-14r/1 Grayes Inn MaskeBrookes, No. 1746
Rogers 3r The fairest Nimphes the valleys or mountains ever bred, etc
Brookes,
No. 1746
36661 60v A Maske By Mr orlando Gibbons Brookes, No. 1746
5609127/1 The Fairest Nymphes the Valleys Brookes, No. 1746; copied from
10337
1186 39rye fairest nymphes ye valleys etc. Brookes, No. 1746
5609124/1 The fairest Nymphes the Valleys Brookes, No. 760
Rainer aus dem Spring
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