Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of 17th-century composer Thomas Ravenscroft.
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
December 15, 201314m 18s
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Show Notes
In 1609, one of the "most eccentric characters in an age of professed eccentics", one Thomas Ravenscroft edited Pammelia, the earliest English printed collection of rounds and catches. Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of the man who wanted to produce "Harmony to please, varietie to delight".