An exploration of the Elizabethan and Jacobean cult of melancholy as it was expressed in music for viols. Glyn Maxwell's modern poetry included in the booklet takes its inspiration from the music and narrates a story of loss, regret and disaster. Illustrated with woodcuts by Kathe Kollwitz.
Holborne:Pavana Ploravit, The teares of the Muses Sumarte:Lachrimae, Hume: I am melancholy, Stonings: Miserere, Tallis: Felix namque, Johnson: A knell of Johnson, Weelkes: Lachrimae, Pavan, Tye: Crye, Rachell's weepinge, William Lawes: Consort set in c minor.
'Treat yourself to some exquisite gloom' - Independent on Sunday
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