Author: Laura Conrad

We played:

• Busnois, Fortuna Desperata
• Morley: See see myne own sweet jewel; Joy, joy doth so arise; Love learns by laughing
• Byrd, In winter cold
• Purcell, Cakes and Ale

Thanks to Pace for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

Please let me know if you would like to come.

We played:

• Busnois, Fortuna Desperata
• Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby
• Rore, Hor che’l ciel e la terra
• Holborne: 4. Lullabie; 5. The cradle; 6. The New-yeeres gift; 64. As it fell on a holie eve

Thanks to Pace for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

Please let me know if you would like to come.

For the next few weeks we will be warming up with Fortuna Desperata. This is a three part version – if we have enough people arriivng on time, we may switch to the four part version, which is quite similar.

Let me know if you need me to print you copies.

We played:

• Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
• Dowland: His golden locks
• Praetorius: Bransle de la torche
• Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby
• Palestrina, Adoramus te
• WINCHESTER OLD
• Praetorius: En natus est Emanuel
• Holborne, The New-yeeres gift

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We normally meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

We will not be meeting on Tuesday December 24, or Tuesday, December 31.

Instead we will have a party on Wednesday, January 1, starting at 4pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

You should also invite all your friends to come along, particularly people who might be interested in joining us on Tuesdays. There is an invitation, which has our flyer on the reverse side, if you want to print two-sided and are giving it to someone who might be interested in the group.

We will resume our normal Tuesday meetings on January 7, 2025.

We played:

• Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, Psallite
• Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby
• Henry VIII, Pasttime with good company
• Purcell: Wine in a morning; ‘Tis women

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We will not meet on Tuesday, December 24. We can discuss meeting on Tuesday, December 31, but my guess is that most people would rather just come to the New Year’s party and celebrate New Year’s eve at home or elsewhere.

We will have our annual holiday party on Wednesday, January 1 beginning at 4pm. Please come, and tell everyone you know to bring everyone they know. Let me know if you think you’re coming, and what, if anything you would like to bring.

I will have printable invitations later.

We played:

• Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
• Byrd, Why do I use my paper, ink and pen
• Striggio, Nasce la pena mia
• Rore, Hor che’l ciel e la terra
• Ravenscroft: Hey ho nobody at home (three voices); five voices
• Jenkins, A boat, a boat
• Sermisy, Vive la serpe

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We have been having a holiday party every year on January 1 to share food, drink, and music with our friends. Let me know if you:

• Want to come
• if you really want to come but can’t make it that day but can suggest other days that would work
• if you think it’s a tradition that has outlived its usefulness and that you might come if it isn’t too inconvenient but you consider it one more depressing obligation in a season of far too many obligations.
• or if there’s some other category that the above doesn’t cover but you want to communicate to me.

We played:

• Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
• Byrd, Why do I use my paper, ink and pen
• Senfl, Mir ist ein rot Goldfingerlein
• Tallis, O nata lux
• Mundy: Lightly she whipped o’er the dales

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We played:

• Dowland, Now, o now, I needs must part
• Palestrina, Sicut cervus
• Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae, Lachrimae amantis, Lachrimae verae
• Morley, Hard by a crystal fountain

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We will be moving on from Now, o now, I needs must part soon, so any suggestions for a new warmup piece will be welcome. Meanwhile, make sure that you have done everything you want to with this one (played all the parts, used all the instruments you want…)

We played:

• Dowland, Now, o now, I needs must part
• Bransle X (That’s it’s name, so it’s probably the 10th bransle somewhere, but it’s also X because we don’t know where it comes from.)
• East: How Merrily we love, Turn round about
• Palestrina, Sicut cervus
• Dowland, If my complaints

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We played:

• Dowland: Now, o now, I needs must part; Flow my tears; Lachrimae Antiquae; Lachrimae antiquae novae; Lachrimae gementes; Lachrimae tristes; Lachrimae coactae; Mistress Nichols almand; Susanna galliard
• Josquin, Ave Maria
• Sermisy: Vive la serpe
• Ravenscroft, He that will an Alehouse keep

Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

We have sometimes skipped meetings on an election evening, because I work at the polls and can only rarely get home in time to participate. But this time people seem to be enthusiastic about getting together without me. So you should still let me know if you’re coming, but we’re expecting there to be a quorum.