Gwilym Davies Thesis Recordings
Thanks must be given to the fine musicians who have contributed recordings to Gwilym’s thesis of some of the earliest versions of Cotswold morris dance music: Paul Burgess, Richard Carter, Barry Trott and Lynne Trott as well as recordings made by Gwilym Davies himself.
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1.Trip and Go - Cittern. Playford’s Musick’s Delight on the Cithren 1666 - Barry Trott
2. Monday and Tuesday - Headington. Pipe and Tabor. Gwilym Davies
3. May Time: The Ground with Divisions - Cittern. Musick’s Delight on the Cittern by Playford. Barry Trott
4. Cuckoo’s Nest (Bledington) Pipe and Tabor. Gwilym Davies
5.Lady of Pleasure, Playford {1690-1728)- fiddle. Paul Burgess
6.Constant Billie (Playford 1728) - fiddle. Paul Burgess
7.Greensleeves (coll from Mason, Stow-on-the-Wold) - fiddle. Paul Burgess
8. Lumps of Pudding (Playford 1701-1728) - fiddle. Paul Burgess
9.The Marriage Vow, coll from William Hathaway) - fiddle. Paul Burgess
10.May Time. Playford Musick’s Recreation on the Viol 1669. Lyra viol. Lynne Trott
11.Old Heddon of Forlay, coll from Mason, Stow-on-the Wold. Fiddle. Paul Burgess
12.Old Oxford. Playford 1728. Fiddle Paul Burgess
13. The Rose Tree (Bampton) - fiddle. Paul Burgess
14. Greensleeves. Ballet Lute book c1590 - lute. Barry Trott
15. Maying time. MRLV 1669 - Lyra viol. Richard Carter
16. Staynes Morris. Ballet lute book c1590 - lute, Barry Trott