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Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight

Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight

22/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of 17th-century composer Thomas Ravenscroft.

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of Thomas Ravenscroft - the 17th-century English composer who aimed to produce 'harmony to please, and varietie to delight'.

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".

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