Tavern Songs

Tavern Songs
Catches, glees and other diverse entertainments of merrie England
The Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-561 [LP, mono]
Vanguard "The Bach Guild" HM-62 SD [LP, e-stereo]

Contents:

    "A choice collection of the most diverting CATCHES, composed by Mr. Henry Purcell"

    Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
  1. Man Is for the Woman Made
  2. Sir Walter
  3. To Thee and to the Maid
  4. Chiding Catch ("Fie, Nay""; attributed both to Purcell and John Blow)
  5. Once, Twice, Thrice
  6. When the Cock Begins to Crow
  7. An Epitaph: "Under This Stone"

    8. Love songs, ribald and tender

    Earl of Mornington (1735-1761)
  8. 'Twas You, Sir

    9. Jeremy Savile (17th century)
  9. Had She Not Care Enough (on a widow who married an old widower)

    10. William Turner(1651-1739/40)
  10. Young Anthony

    11. Anon. (published 1764)
  11. Amo, Amas, I Love a Lass

    12. William Cornyshe: (c.1465 - c.1523)
  12. Ah, Robin

    13. William Lawes (d.1645)
  13. Bess Black

    14. ----

    Drinking Songs and Tavern Philosophies

    Anon. (published 1609)
  14. I Am Athirst

    15. John Eccles (1650-1735)
  15. Wine Does Wonders

    16. William Cornyshe (c.1465 - c.1523)
  16. Hoyda, Jolly Rutterkin

    17. Henry Purcell
  17. An Ape, a Lion, a Fox and an Ass

    18. Anon. (collected by Thomas Lant, 1580)
  18. Troll the Bowl

    19. John Travers (1703-1758)
  19. Fair and Ugly, False and True

    20. Two centuries of English life in song

    Anon. (Soldiers back from the Flemish wars, published 1614)
  20. We Be Soldiers Three

    21. John Bennet (born c. 1570)
  21. Hunting madrigal: Lure, Falconers, Lure!

    22. Henry Lawes (1595-1662): Age of Milton
  22. Sing Fair Clorinda

    23. Benjamin Rogers (1614-98)
  23. Restoration pastoral: In the Merry Month of May

    24. Henry Purcell
  24. Patriotic song: True Englismen

    25. Reginald Spofforth (1770-1827)
  25. 18th century glee club: L'Ape e la Serpe

Performers:
The Deller Consort
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Gerald English (tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Playing time: 49' 55" app.

Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Town Hall, Greater London [1956];
Rel.: 1956

Compilation:
Vanguard Classics 08 5039 71 Tavern Songs - 40 Catches, Glees etc. of Merrie England.
Musical Concepts MC 193 [CDx7 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller – The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume ONE: Folk Songs and Ballads

Excerpts:
[20], [21] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-606 [LP, mono] Musical Panorama of Shakespeare's England
[2], [10]-[12], [16], [23] Vanguard (Silverminds Music) Classics 99 220 [CD] 50 years of The Deller Consort - The early years 1955-1963.

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Comments:
Information from LP and CD (Musical Concepts); the MC release adds Edgar Fleet (tenor) as a performer.

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Pierre-F. Roberge