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Under the Birchwood Tree: Music of John Playford and John Hilton

by Mary Vanhoozer

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This album weaves together arrangements of tunes from two seminal compilations of music: John Playford's Dancing Master and John Hilton's Catch That Catch Can, demonstrating how these melodies live and move, if not in the same room, at least in the same house. While many know that Playford published The Dancing Master in 1651, perhaps it is not as common knowledge that Playford also re-published Catch That Catch Can one year after John Hilton first published his collection.

In bringing these dances and rounds into conversation with one another, we might just catch (no pun intended) further insight into these remarkable music collections themselves.

A brief note about the hurdy gurdy: while I have previously arranged some of John Hilton's tunes for hurdy gurdy, I have not yet written any hurdy gurdy arrangements of Playford melodies. This album not only provides listeners with ample opportunity to enjoy the sounds of the hurdy gurdy: it also offers what I hope to be a compelling case for including the instrument as a welcome and more established member of Playford's instrument ensemble.

Hurdy Gurdies:
Jean-Claude Boudet 1987
Jacques Grandchamp Baroque (after Lambert) 2020

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released November 4, 2022

Cover art: Jan Steen’s Peasants Merrymaking Outside an Inn (previously titled Fair at Warmond). Image courtesy of The Leiden Collection, New York.
Mixed and mastered by Frances Fitzgerald

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Mary Vanhoozer/Bard and Ceilidh Los Angeles, California

Multi-instrumentalist and melodist Mary Vanhoozer has released four albums of original music, each of which offers a creative blend of folk music and early music. She has also released two albums of renaissance music from England: 'Simon's Beard' and 'Under the Birchwood Tree'. She holds music degrees from Wheaton College Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, and Cleveland Institute of Music. ... more

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