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The
Purcell Singers Recorded
1935
Issued in The English Music Society Vol.1, as Columbia ROX 135.
Duration 3'40"
Play
30s sample:
In
the mid-1930's Columbia began a short-lived issue of volumes entitled
The English Music Society (the only other being devoted to Arnold
Bax). The first of these was dedicated entirely to one of the most highly
regarded of English composers, Henry Purcell (1659-1695),
and includes these two ever-so-slightly risqué catches, admirably
performed by The Purcell Singers and excellently recorded by the
Columbia engineers.
For
the uninitiated, a 'catch' is a canon for three (or more) voices, and
despite the skill involved in singing these, they were often written for
performance in inns and taverns, and remained enormously popular right
up to the early 19th century.
The
more bawdy of them were unavailable to the music lover of the 1930s, as
the accompanying notes to this set point out: "It
is not possible, even in this licentious age, to publish one of Purcell's
more lecherous examples without running the risk of imprisonment for obscenity..."
So
here's a couple of tamer examples for those with a delicate sensitivity!
The first catch is called "To Thee and to a Maid", followed
with barely the time to take a swig of beer by "I Gave Her Cakes
and I Gave Her Ale". Enjoy!
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