> It takes time (months, mind you, and longer!) to
> train an audience to enjoy for-true period stuff.  Why?  Mostly because the
> melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structure is completely foreign to modern
> ears.  

Don't sell yourself so short. First off, there is a lot of 16th
century material which doesn't sound foreign at all. For example,
Ravenscroft (1609/11, yeah yeah) has Of All the Birds, We be Souldiers
Three, Martin Said To His Man, Three Ravens, etc. None of these are
weird at all. There are also a bunch of rounds there.

> Lord Owen Alun (btuck@minstrel.com) has assembled _The Northshield
> Singbook_, a collection of authentic yet accessible period and near-period
> songs, with lyrics and music notation.  I'm sure that he'd be happy to ship
> a copy to any interested party.  I think the price is ten bucks, and no, I
> don't get a commission.  

Oo, I'l have to ask him about that one.

-- gb

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