Spanish Gypsies
Celtic and Spanish mUsic in Shakespeare's England
Andrew Lawrence-King
The Harp Consort
Spanish Gypsies
Celtic and Spanish mUsic in Shakespeare's England
Andrew Lawrence-King
The Harp Consort
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The music of Shakespeare's England - ballad tunes, country dances and elegant consorts - seems at first to be quintessentially English. Yet many of these tunes, as popular dances or in the high-art variations of division music, were inspired by Celtic and Spanish styles. In variations, from 17th-century manuscripts and in improvised divisions, 'gypsy' ballads are metamorphosed into exquisite consort music.
