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Lady Maggie's Lilt: Music From The Lute Book Of Lady Margaret Wemyss

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Composer
CHANCY EASWELL GAULTIER
Artist
Martin Eastwell
Format
CD
Label
Music & Media
Released
May 01, 2013
Catalog #
MMC104
UPC
5065001668043

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LADY MAGGIE’S LILT: MUSIC FROM THE LUTE BOOK OF LADY MARGARET WEMYSS, 1629-1648 • Martin Eastwell (lt) • MMC 104 (62:53)


Uniquely in my experience, this disc contains 45 short pieces, mostly anonymous, a body of work that comprises about half of what has been found in the book of the Scottish Lady Margaret Wemyss, who started a book of music and poems when she was 12. Many of the tunes played here are simple arrangements of Scottish tunes: Martin Eastwell suggests that the book is particularly interesting for the insights it provides into Scottish folk music. Eastwell has added seven preludes of his own devising to groups of pieces he feels hold together. He has also added embellishments to I Never Knew I Loved Thee , and borrowed the last piece, The Flowers of the Forest from another contemporary Scottish book. Flowers was written as an elegy for Lady Margaret. Half of the collection, according to Eastwell, is of French origin: He includes pieces by Gaultier, Lespine, Mesangeau, Dufault, and de Chancy. Many of the pieces, such as The Corbie and the Pigot, are very simple though pretty. There are laments, and sprightly songs like Fair and Louky. The competition here is with a disc by Jakob Lindberg, though that disc only duplicates some of the music found here. Lindberg’s Lady Binnis Lilt is much more folksy and dance-like than is Eastwell’s rendition. There’s something a little wild about Lindberg’s playing. In these small pieces, Eastwell is restrained and lyrical. The disc may not contain towering masterpieces, but it surely is pleasant to listen to.


FANFARE: Michael Ullman

Tracklist 45 tracks

  1. 1 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The days dawes in the morning 03:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The days dawes in the morning
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  2. 2 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sinkpays 01:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sinkpays
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  3. 3 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Port Robart 01:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Port Robart
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  4. 4 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I left my tru love 01:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I left my tru love
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  5. 5 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Corant 00:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Corant
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  6. 6 Prelude (1) 00:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Prelude (1)
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  7. 7 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Jacques Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  8. 8 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current Goutier 01:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current Goutier
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Jacques Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  9. 9 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current Lysabelle 01:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current Lysabelle
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Charles de Lespine
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  10. 10 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  11. 11 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Mervell's Sarabande 00:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Mervell's Sarabande
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Nicholas de Merville
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  12. 12 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Gautier 02:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Gautier
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    René Mesangeau
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  13. 13 Prelude (2) 00:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    Prelude (2)
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  14. 14 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I wish I wer there 01:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I wish I wer there
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  15. 15 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: General Lesly's Goodnight 01:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: General Lesly's Goodnight
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  16. 16 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ladie lie ner me 01:33
    Track
    16
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ladie lie ner me
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  17. 17 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Lady Binnis Lilt 01:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Lady Binnis Lilt
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  18. 18 Prelude (3) 00:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    Prelude (3)
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  19. 19 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond: dafo 01:45
    Track
    19
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond: dafo
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    René Mesangeau
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  20. 20 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current: dafo 01:14
    Track
    20
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Current: dafo
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    François Dufault
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  21. 21 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Gautirs Current 00:45
    Track
    21
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Gautirs Current
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Jacques Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  22. 22 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande du Guteir 00:48
    Track
    22
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande du Guteir
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Jacques Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  23. 23 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Tom of Bedlam 02:00
    Track
    23
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Tom of Bedlam
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  24. 24 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Spanish Pavin 02:07
    Track
    24
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Spanish Pavin
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  25. 25 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ane Curant 00:56
    Track
    25
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ane Curant
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  26. 26 Prelude (4) 00:33
    Track
    26
    Title
    Prelude (4)
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  27. 27 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier 02:03
    Track
    27
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Jacques Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  28. 28 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier, "Old Gaultier's Nightingale" 01:39
    Track
    28
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Almond Goutier, "Old Gaultier's Nightingale"
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Ennemond Gaultier
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  29. 29 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Curent Dafo 00:50
    Track
    29
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Curent Dafo
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    François Dufault
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  30. 30 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande 00:43
    Track
    30
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    François de Chancy
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  31. 31 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I never knew I loved thee 02:04
    Track
    31
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: I never knew I loved thee
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  32. 32 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Buckingham's Gast 00:54
    Track
    32
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Buckingham's Gast
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  33. 33 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Corbie and the Pigot 02:34
    Track
    33
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Corbie and the Pigot
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  34. 34 Prelude (5) 00:31
    Track
    34
    Title
    Prelude (5)
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  35. 35 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Holi and Faire 01:12
    Track
    35
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Holi and Faire
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  36. 36 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande 00:51
    Track
    36
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Sarabande
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  37. 37 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ruthven's Lilt 01:11
    Track
    37
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Ruthven's Lilt
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  38. 38 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Newburn 00:35
    Track
    38
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Newburn
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  39. 39 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Shooting Dance 01:11
    Track
    39
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Shooting Dance
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  40. 40 Prelude (6) 00:32
    Track
    40
    Title
    Prelude (6)
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  41. 41 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Broom of Cardenowes 01:42
    Track
    41
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Broom of Cardenowes
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  42. 42 Prelude (7) 00:29
    Track
    42
    Title
    Prelude (7)
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Martin Eastwell
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  43. 43 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Fair and Loucky 02:03
    Track
    43
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Fair and Loucky
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  44. 44 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Goodnight 01:30
    Track
    44
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: Goodnight
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell
  45. 45 Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Flowers of the Forest 01:30
    Track
    45
    Title
    Lady Margaret's Lute Book: The Flowers of the Forest
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Martin Eastwell