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| Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, probably the author of the text |
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanks praises Me),[1] BWV 17 in Leipzig for the fourteenth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 22 September 1726.
The Tillylied - or "Tilly Song" was written in the aftermath of the Siege of Magdeburg, and became quite popular with the forces of the Catholic League, led by Johann Tserclaes, the Count of Tilly, the "Iron Monk".
The Thirty Years War was a long-lasting clash of mainly Catholic and Protestant forces that struggled for the status of religion within the Holy Roman Empire. It later involved other forces that tried to exploit the political instability for their own gains, such as France, Sweden, Russia and the Ottoman Empire helping the Protestants. A popular motto spread in the Protestant side, both in the context of Turkish support and in the conquest of Turkish expansion: "Better Turkish than Papist", coincidentally similar to the Orthodox motto "Rather the Turkish Turban than the Papal Tiara". The War eventually ended in a stalemate, with both forces not willing to drag it on for longer, and with religious peace being declared in the Holy Roman Empire. In the picture, the Count of Tilly, and the banner of the Catholic League.I don't know this one but it looks good.
From the album "Music for Roundheads & Cavaliers" St George's Canzona
Tarleton's Jig – "For King and Parliament!" – Vinyl (LP, Stereo), 1986 [r11813539] | Discogs
Pour cet très ancien régiment dont l'origine remonte à 1558, il est attestée que lors de son entrée au Quesnoy en 1712 avec Villars, on jouait Auprès de ma blonde.
Reenact the regiment here Facebook
From the movie, Tous Les Matins Du Monde (1991). Another movie about music from the Louis XIV period.
The King Is Dancing - Wikipedia I liked this film. Did you?
Art and video by Thomas Payton.
This tune was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy (Originally in 1706). It appeared in The Recruiting Officer, a comedy by George Farquhar and in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728). The lyrics refer to the War of the Spanish Succession (1701--1714), the Duke of Marlborough, and Queen Anne of England (1665 --1714).
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Although King Frederick only composed sporadically in his later years—almost his entire life’s work dates from before the Seven Years’ War in 1756, which brought Prussia and its ruler to the verge of ruin—the flute, and flute-playing, remained his loyal companions to his dying days. As late as 1770 the famous soprano Elisabeth Mara acclaimed his ‘strong, full tone and great proficiency’. And the well-travelled English music historian Charles Burney explicitly praised Frederick’s skills: ‘His playing was superior, in many respects, to anything I had heard from amateur or indeed professional flute-players.’ His own compositions, which he performed in small private concerts, were highly valued for their quality, although Frederick would have been well aware that in Quantz, Graun, C.P.E. Bach and other musicians in his court orchestra he had assembled a group of outstanding performers who would breathe new life into the musical life of Berlin and Potsdam in the middle of the 18th century and would have far-reaching effects as the fine arts moved towards a new cultural aesthetic of sensibility, ultimately ushering in the era of Sturm und Drang.
– Detlef Giese
English translation: Saul Lipetz
Recordings by Frederick II King of Prussia | Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos
Various artists. There is a play 1536 that is causing a stir at the moment.
The whole album is here
17th C Fifers companion, yorkshirecorpsofdrums.com/16th Century.html
MUSIC FROM THE ROYAL COURT OF KING CHRISTIAN IV · Royal Danish Orchestra Brass Ensemble · Magnus Thomsen · Alessandro Orologio · Truid Aagesen · William Brade · Mogens Pedersøn · John Dowland · Traditional
Painting of a hobby horse with Morris dancers beside the River Thames at Richmond, London; detail of Thames at Richmond, with the Old Royal Palace, c. 1620 (Fitzwilliam Museum, unknown artist)
Til Konungens Fornøjelse: Music at the Court of Christian IV. More songs of this album Top songs – Ensemble Mare Balticum - YouTube
