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"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song. A broadside ballad by the name "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves" was registered by Richard Jones at the London Stationers' Company in September 1580, [1] [2] and the tune is found in several late 16th-century and early 17th-century sources, such as Ballet's MS Lute Book and Het Luitboek van Thysius, as well as various ...
Francis Cutting (c.1550–1595/6) was an English lutenist and composer of the Renaissance period. He is best known for " Packington's Pound " and a variation of " Greensleeves " called "Divisions on Greensleeves", both pieces originally intended for the lute.
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (/ ˌ r eɪ f v ɔː n ˈ w ɪ l j ə m z / ⓘ RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; [1] [n 1] 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years.
Eccles lived from 1618 until 1683 in England and was a very important theater composer. He was known to be a Quaker and in order to distance himself from church music he burned most of his compositions. The original version is a fourth lower than the version published by John Walsh. [citation needed] A Division on a Ground: 10 Divisions: F Major
Arranged as Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1946) by Joseph Cooper in collaboration with the composer; Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes (1929) for cello and orchestra; withdrawn by the composer; Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra (1934) Sketches for Cello Concerto (1942–43); incomplete 2nd movement completed by David Matthews (2009) as ...
The hymnal was edited by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer; even though it is not known with certainty who paired the three stanzas from "The Manger Throne" with the music from "Greensleeves", the third edition of The Christmas Encyclopedia by William D. Crump and Stories of the Great Christmas Carols both suggest that Stainer – who was ...
As a composer, his works are mostly forgotten but include 11 anthems, 3 motets for five voices and 4 fantasias for viols. As a writer, he wrote two treatises on music theory. The Briefe Discourse of the True (but Neglected) Use of Charact'ring the Degrees (London, 1614) includes 20 songs as examples: seven by John Bennet , two by Edward Pearce ...
The song was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and published by Gladys Music, Inc. [1] It is based on the traditional song "Greensleeves", which Presley requested to rework for him. The first version the songwriters made (in 1967) was titled "Evergreen", but Elvis never recorded it. [2] [3]