These two sets of pieces display all the characteristics of the music of this fine English composer - modal inflections, the influence of 16th-century English composers, quirky fast movements, and, in the piece 'There was a most beautiful lady', elegiac melodies of great beauty.
Contents:
- Galliard, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- Gavotte, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- Jig, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- Kings and Queens, from ‘Country Pageant’
- Merry Andrew’s Procession, from ‘Country Pageant’
- Minuet, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- Pavane, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- Rigadoon, from ‘A Little Book of Dances’
- The Mummers’ Dance, from ‘Country Pageant’
- There was a most beautiful Lady, from ‘Country Pageant’