Anonymous

Composer of the Week Podcast vor 2 Monaten

Donald Macleod explores music attributed to ‘Anonymous’.

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Donald Macleod explores a rich and varied body of music gathered
under a single name: Anonymous. Bringing together works whose
creators were never recorded, later forgotten or deliberately
obscured, the podcast traces how music can circulate and endure
without a clear author. With contributions from Professor Lisa
Colton and Professor Fay Hield, there is a focus on how anonymous
works have been preserved, collected and sometimes reshaped over
time, from medieval polyphony and early modern song to folk
traditions passed down through generations. Along the way,
questions emerge about authorship, ownership and how we listen to
music when its origins are uncertain or shared.

Music featured includes: Romance Anonimo (arr. Yepes) from Jeux
interdits Horn Concerto in E flat major Three Medieval Dances: A
que as cousas coitadas; Il Trotto; La Quarte Estampie Royal
Shallow Brown Dances from Le Concert Royal de la Nuit (1653)
Three Modinhas from 18th Century Portugal Neapolitan Songs:
Barcarola napoletana; La favola dell'uccello grifone La Messe de
Tournai: Gloria; Credo The Cruel Mother The Bull Ring Vaughan
Williams: English Folk Song Suite Three Dances (arr. Praetorius)
Attrib. Beethoven: Waltz in B flat major ‘Gertrude’s Dream Waltz’
Attrib. L. Mozart: Cassation in G major ‘Toy Symphony’ Mrs
Philarmonica: Sonata Sesta in G major Attrib. Mozart:
Divertimento in E flat major, K.196e Attrib. Brahms: Piano Trio
in A major, Op. post. El Cant de la Sibilla The Banks of the Nile
Green Gravel In Te Domine speravi Three Medieval Dances Sumer is
icumen in Agincourt Carol O sponsa Dei electa Three Worcester
Fragments Lovely on the Water The Bloody Gardener Old England
Grown New Three Cantigas de Santa María