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2006-09-23 23:16:05 · 6 answers · asked by shazee 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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Hi this lot is Henry 8th

Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, basically a ground of the form called a romanesca.

The widely-believed legend is that it was composed by King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547) for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Anne, the youngest daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, rejected Henry's attempts to seduce her. This rejection is apparently referred to in the song, when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously." It is not known if the legend is true, but the song is still commonly associated with Boleyn in the public mind.

It likely circulated in manuscript, as most social music did, long before it was printed. A tune by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves." No copy of that printing is known. It appears in the surviving A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as "A New Courtly Sonnet of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves." It remains debatable whether this suggests that an old tune of "Greensleeves" was in circulation, or which one our familiar tune is.

2006-09-23 23:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

I think you mean Henry VIII - there is no particular music associated with Henry VI.

"Pastime with good company" is perhaps the most famous of Henry VIII's songs.
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/pasttime.html

"Greensleeves" is a traditional English ballad written by an unknown composer. There is a legend that King Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves about Anne Boleyn. This is not likely, however, because the song is written in a style which was not known in England until after Henry VIII died.

The earliest known mention of "Greensleeves" occurred in September 1580, when a printer named Richard Jones had licensed to him "A new Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". On that same day, printer Edward White also had a license for "A ballad, being the Ladie Greene Sleeves Answere to Donkyn his frende".

2006-09-24 01:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

It was Henry the 8th not the 6th and it was Greensleeves

2006-09-24 01:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 1 0

Greensleeves it was composed by Henry the 8th in the evening before the execution of Anna Boleyn his wife.

2006-09-24 00:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Chantal D. 6 · 0 2

If I had to go back to a decision on few out of his over one thousand compositions i ought to ought to assert first the "properly Tempered Clavier" - it truly is the BIBLE of the classical song repertoire (and all different song genres once you go back to imagine about it...) Then i will advise you to take heed to the "Brandenburg Concertos" - alluring undying masterpieces! attempt the Cello Suites, Cantatas (fantastically No.fifty one!), English suites, French Suites, Keyboard Concertos (that's a ought to!), Goldberg ameliorations. go by those ones, and that i'm confident you'll see why J.S. Bach is the perfect of all of them! Bach changed into round on the seventeenth century in a time talked about as the Baroque era. His song desires distinct interest and care, it truly is not an elevator song by making use of no ability so do not get upset if it truly is not any longer as pleasant as you've changed into hoping, even with the indisputable fact that the forged information is you get to get exhilaration from it in time and adventure! distinct more advantageous thoughts on my cyber web web site.

2016-11-23 18:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by vescio 4 · 0 0

Greensleeves.

2006-09-24 13:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by mikefitzhistorian 2 · 0 1

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