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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.
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
Sir John in Love is an opera in four acts by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and supplemented with texts by Philip Sidney, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher. The music deploys English folk tunes, including "Greensleeves".
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]
Name Year of composition Year of first recording First recording Notes Are You All the Things: 1974: Intuition: A contrafact based on Jerome Kern's classic "All the Things You Are," which rearranges the words of its title B Minor Waltz: 1977: You Must Believe in Spring: For ex-girlfriend Ellaine, who committed suicide. Bill's Belle: 1965–67 ...
Pages in category "Greensleeves" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... This page was last edited on 20 April 2024, at 04:21 (UTC).