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We played:

• Weelkes:
  • Four arms, two necks, one wreathing
  • The Ape, the Monkey and Baboon
  • O now weep, now sing
  • As deadly serpents lurking
  • Robin Hood
  • Come, sirrah Jack, ho!
  • Hark, all ye lovely saints above
• Cavendish, Come, Gentle Swains
• Gibbons, This is our life
• Rounds:
  • To Portsmouth
  • Cakes and Ale
  • Little Jack Horner
  • Dona Nobis Pacem

Schedule

We had two votes for having the party on December 16, and one for December 15, and I slightly prefer the sixteenth, so that’s when it will be. I’ll get a hardcopy invitation out by next week, but it will start at 4 and go until it ends.

We’ll have regular dropin rehearsals on Tuesdays at 7:45 PM at my place on November 27, December 4, and December 11. We will not meet on Tuesday, December 18, nor on Christmas Day, December 25.

I would actually like to meet on New Year’s Day, if anyone wants to come. I’ll be having hip replacement surgery on January 4, so we might have to miss some rehearsals (or have somebody else host them) in January.

We played:

• Certon, Contentez vous (two voice version)
• Susato, Dans de Hercules//De Matrigale
• Sermisy, Contentez vous
• Anonymous, Entre vous qui aymé
• Cavendish, Come, gentle swains
• Weelkes, Hark, all you lovely saints above
• Gibbons, What is our life?
• Cider Round

Schedule

Our regular dropin meetings will continue on Tuesdays at 7:45
PM at my
place.

It’s probably time to start scheduling the party. I’ll be leaving town on December 23, so while the 22nd would be possible, I’m not really thrilled about not having a day to clean up before packing to go. So that means we have to schedule it on the 15th or 16th. Which is what everybody else with a December event will be doing, too.

So if you want to come to the party, let me know which of those days is impossible for you, and which is preferable if they’re both possible. We’re talking about a party that starts in the late afternoon and goes until everybody leaves, so it’s possible to combine it with a concert that isn’t too far away.

We played:

• Susato, Danse d’Hercules/De Matrigale
• Willaert, Ricercar X
• Weelkes, Hark, all ye lovely Saints above
• Wilbye, Weep, o mine eyes
• Rounds:
  • Ghost of John
  • Judith and Holifernes
  • He that would an alehouse keep
  • Let us drink and be merry
  • To Portsmouth
  • Cakes and Ale

Schedule

The November 6 meeting will be at the home of Stuart Solloway, near Teale Square in Somerville. He will be sending directions to the list. Bonnie has several of our notebooks in her car, but if you’re coming and have something particular you want to do, it might make sense to print several copies and bring them.

After that, our regularly scheduled dropin sessions at my place will resume on Tuesdays starting at 7:45 PM.

Memorizing

We will be working on memorizing some of the easier things in our repertoire, with an eye to doing more of our performance with less note reading and less music stand setup time and space. So if you want to perform with us, you might be interested in memorizing:

• At least one part of the Susato Danse D’Hercules/De Matrigale
• Several of our more common rounds

If you’re only doing the group as a dropin and sightreading group, we will continue to have music available for people who haven’t memorized it.

Arrival etiquette

Please remember that the official start time of our meetings is 7:45 PM. If you arrive after that and have complicated setup and tuning before you can start playing, please consider doing it in the living room, rather than keeping other people who have arrived and set up promptly from playing.

We played:

• Gervaise, Dix Bransles Gais
• Willaert, Ricercar X
• Sermisy, Je ne mange point de porc
• Mundy, My prime of youth
• Rounds:
  • Judith and Holifernes
  • Let us drink and be merry
  • He that will an Alehouse keep
  • He that drinks is immortal
  • To Portsmouth

Schedule

We will be having our regularly scheduled drop-in rehearsals on Tuesdays at 7:45 PM at my place.

An exception is Tuesday, November 6, which is election day. I will be working as Clerk of Precinct 10-3 in Cambridge, so I can’t run a rehearsal. We will discuss whether people want to have one anyway at the rehearsal tomorrow, October 30. If you want to host or attend one on November 6, but can’t make October 30, let me know.

We played:

• Susato group:
  • Les quatre Branles
  • Fagot
  • Danse d Hercules oft maticine/De Matrigale
  • Rondes I – V
  • Den hoboecken dans
  • De Post
  • Ronde VI, Salterelle, Rondes VII – IX
• Parabosco, Da Pacem
• Je ne mange point de porc
• Vive la serpe
• Vignons, vignons
• Quand je bois du vin claret
• Rounds:
  • Cider round
  • To Portsmouth
  • He that drinks is immortal
  • Cakes and Ale
  • He that will an Alehouse keep
  • ’tis Women
  • Let us drink and be merry
  • Slaves are they that heap up mountains

Schedule

Note that next week’s rehearsal is limited to the people performing at the Cider Picnic on October 20.

After that, we resume our regularly scheduled drop-in rehearsals on Tuesdays at 7:45 PM at my place.

We played:

• Susato, Rondes I-IX, Saltarelle
• Quand je Bois
• Vignons, Vignons
• Vive la Serpe
• Je ne mange point de porc
• Susato:
  • Danse d Hercules/De Matrigale
  • Den hoboecken dans
  • De Post
  • Les quatre Branles
  • Fagot
• Pilkington, Rest, sweet nymphs
• Wilbye, Weep, o mine eyes
• Rounds:
  • He that drinks is immortal
  • Cakes and Ale
  • ’tis Women
  • To Portsmouth

Schedule

We will be having regular dropin meetings at 7:45 on Tuesdaysat
the usual place.

The October 16 meeting will be limited to, and compulsory
for,those playing on October 20 at the cider picnic.

We played:

• Susato group:
  • Les quatre Branles
  • Fagot
  • Den hoboecken dans
  • De Post
  • Danse de Hercules oft maticine and De
    Matrigale
  • Rondes I – IX
  • Salterelle
• Sermisy, Vive la Serpe
• Vignons, vignons
• Quand je bois
• Je ne mange point de Porc
• Mundey, My Prime of Youth
• Dowland, All ye whom love or fortune hath
  betrayed
• Ravenscroft/Conrad, Humans are so slow

Schedule

We will be having regular dropin meetings at 7:45 on Tuesdays at the usual place.

The October 16 meeting will be limited to, and compulsory for, those playing on October 20 at the cider picnic.

We played:

We played:

• Susato group:
  • Rondes I-IX
  • Salterelle
  • Les quatre Branles
  • Fagot
  • Den hoboecken dans
• Dowland:
  • Lachrimae Verae
  • Semper Dowland, semper dolens
• Drinking Songs:
  • Quant je boy du vin claret tout tourne
  • Vignon, vignon, vignon, vignette
  • Changeons propos, c’est trop chanté d’amour
  • Vive la serpe
• Sermisy, Je ne mange point de Porc
• Rounds:
  • Wise, Judith and Holifernes
  • Purcell, Cakes and Ale

Schedule

We will continue our regularly scheduled dropin meetings on Tuesdays at 7:45 PM at my place.

The known exception to that is that the October 16th meeting is restricted to and compulsory for the people who will be performing on October 20. At the moment, the performers are me, Bonnie, Barney, Christine and maybe Ishmael. If you aren’t on that list and want to perform, let me know immediately.

We played:

• Susato, Pavannes from Danserie
• Dowland:
  • Lacrimae Antiquae.
  • Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  • Lachrimae Gementes
  • Lachrimae Tristes
  • Lachrimae Coactae
  • Lachrimae Amantis
  • Lacrimae verae.
  • Semper Dowland, semper dolens
• Ravenscroft, O my fearful dreams

Schedule

We’ll continue to meet on Tuesdays at the usual time (7:45 PM)
and place.

Anyone who’s interested in playing at the Ciderfest
on October 20, should let me know before our next meeting on
September 18.