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Early Music Forum

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Introduced by Nicholas Kenyon jane GLOVER reviews three recent books:
Giovanni Gabrieli and the Music of the Venetian High
Renaissance by Denis Arnold , The Letters of Claudio Monteverdi , translated and introduced by Denis Stevens , and Music and Patronage in 16th-century Mantua, by Iain Fenlon. Settings of John Donne
MARY BEVERLEY (soprano) and NIGEL NORTH (lute) perform settings of Donne's poems by 17th-century composers: William Corkine ,
Ferrabosco, Dowland, Coprario. John Hilton, John Wilson , Henry Lawes and Humfrey VHF only

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Introduced By:
Nicholas Kenyon
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Giovanni Gabrieli
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Denis Arnold
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Claudio Monteverdi
Introduced By:
Denis Stevens
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Iain Fenlon.
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John Donne
Soprano:
Mary Beverley
Unknown:
William Corkine
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John Wilson
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Henry Lawes
Source: Radio Times

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