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Thomas Ravenscroft
12+ albums
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Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582 or 1592 until 1635) was an English composer, theorist and editor, notable as a composer of rounds and catches, and especially for compiling collections of British folk music. He probably sang in the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral from 1594, when a "Thomas Raniscroft" was listed on the choir rolls; likely he remained there until around 1600, under the directorship of Thomas Giles. He probably received his bachelor's degree in 1605 from Cambridge. Ravenscroft's principal contributions are his collections of folk music, including catches, rounds, street cries, vendor songs, "freeman's songs" and other anonymous music, in three collections: Pammelia (1609), Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie (1609) and Melismata (1611). Some of the music he compiled has acquired quite extraordinary fame, though his name is rarely associated with the music: for example "Three Blind Mice" first appears in Deuteromelia. He also published a metrical psalter (The Whole Booke of Psalmes) in 1621. As a composer his works are mostly forgotten, but they include 11 anthems, 3 motets for five voices and four fantasias for viols. In addition to his activities as a composer and editor, he wrote two treatises on music theory: A Briefe Discourse of the True (but Neglected) Use of Charact'ring the Degrees ... (London, 1614), and A Treatise of Musick, which remains in manuscript (unpublished). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA Licen
top songs
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Remember, O Thou Man
1,1212Ravenscroft: Melismata: No. 23, Remember, O Thou Man, "A Christmas Carol"
9373Ravenscroft: Melismata: No. 23, "Remember, O Thou Man"
6744The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Psalm 4, "Oxford Tune"
5735The Three Ravens
5286Remember, O thou man - 2004 Remastered Version
3707Ravenscroft: Remember, O Thou Man
2658Remember O thou man
2459Remember, O thou man (from Melismata, 1611)
20810Wee Be Soldiers Three
207albums
Classic Christmas Carols
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The 50 Greatest Christmas Carols
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Ainsworth, H.: Bay Book of Psalmes (The) / Coolidge, P.S.: Pioneer Dances (A Gift To Be Simple - Music for Early America)
As It Fell on a Holie Eve - Music for an Elizabethan Christmas
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A Choral Christmas
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Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas (Re-mastered)
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The English Tradition - 400 Years of Music and Song
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Chamber Music (English Baroque) - Playford, J. / Ravenscroft, T. / Matteis, N. / Purcell, H.
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Christmas (A Tudor)
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Traditional Christmas Carols & Songs - The Essential Collection
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Christmas Music (Bright Day Star - Music for the Yuletide Season)
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Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas