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

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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".

Published on Sunday, 15th December 2013.

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