Score analysis #5 - William Byrd / Hugh Ashton's ground [Tregian’s ground]

[@turnipsociety706]

Please never stop making videos until the end of (connected) time. And when electricity runs out, we'll play out everything we've learned

[@ombracaradaverno9289]

I am again amazed by the fine presentation, ranging from appealing and coherent storytelling, in-depth analysts, well-done visuals (with even small details or easter eggs) to great music and performances. Thank you!

[@OfficialWorldChampion]

I’ve become completely byrd-brained….thanks for another great video

[@maxjohn6012]

Elam - WOW you are *really* spoiling us with the English stuff! Two in a row, and then that absolutely gorgeous performance?! Thank you!!

[@maxjohn6012]

It's increasingly indefensible but I'm still hopeful for an episode on Orlando Gibbons ...

[@ralph0149]

I am always impressed by the care and inventiveness of the production of the videos. The way you present the material makes it very clear to the viewer. Thanks from a once music student (who was sometimes embattled with his musicology courses)!

[@jamesboyd4912]

Masterpiece of a video - thank you. The perfect balance between good hand and good brain!

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

That intro was beautiful!

[@fredhoupt4078]

Bravo! Outstanding. Beautiful music, so complex and intelligent.

[@WilliamTheByrd]

Nice.

[@antonparas4782]

Lmao

[@NichtWunderkind]

Wow

[@jeremiahreilly9739]

Enjoyed immensely. Thank you. To hear "Early Music" is like visiting another planet. Thank you

[@tomhejda6450]

I'm a simple person. I see a new EMS video, I click :) (jokes aside, awesome work as always!)

[@davidhowe6905]

Thanks! I first knew this from a recording by Glenn Gould. I enjoyed trying to play it myself, but was never good enough for other people to enjoy hearing me do it!

[@danyelnicholas]

That record fascinated me too in the 80s. Gould did an amazing job playing those ornaments plausibly on a piano!

[@MusicaAngela]

Why does anyone even need to go to music school with these incredible presentations and demonstrations? Thank you!

[@Beryllahawk]

It is always a wonderful day when there's a new upload from Early Music Sources! Listened to this while a thunderstorm grumbled above my house and it was very, very satisfying to experience this with the score and all of your - as usual! - concise and clear explanations. Thank you so much!

[@jddrew1000]

I love the English Cadence for the intro!!!

[@Nekog1rl]

Thank you for this very well prepared score analysis and beautifully played performance of this beautiful piece! Byrd indeed does show off his "good brains" a lot here.

[@googasmusic]

the special intro theme :) always delight

[@NovaMenno]

That intro piece sounds awesome

[@gradwhan]

I have heard this ground before and considered it really repetitive. Your explainations helped! Thank you.

[@BibaSenpai]

Fantastic work as always, many thanks for exploring music of that period!

[@somehow3707]

Elam, you have a really nice bass voice with good taste singing. And now you are one of my favourite harpsichordist. Thank you for these new pieces I just discover

[@salbermud2880]

What an impressively cleaver way to embroidering sounds!!!

[@eoghdes18]

That bar with the B flats in the 9th variation is absolutely astonishing. Thank you for sharing!

[@lolliklaus]

Thanks for the video and the highly enjoyable interpretation!

[@JohnGMeadows]

A beautiful performance!

[@rwsmith7638]

What a gorgeous piece. I love the major and minor play.

[@Pascal.Sabot.]

Passionnant 👏

[@diegoaresharpsichord]

Wonderful, dear Elam!!!

[@cameronsteuart1197]

I love these videos- my choir just finished doing all 3 of Byrd's masses so I'm happy to see something on his other music to complement that

[@ByronAdams-j7t]

I love this piece, so this investigation and performance was particularly meaningful and pleasurable. Many thanks.

[@pichan8841]

Thank you so much for your great work! 🙏

[@nathanbarnes4740]

Wonderful piece and beautifully played!

[@jeanvanderstegen]

Thank you so much for this fantastic work ! We are blessed to have you on KZbin !!!

[@christopherellis2663]

Intensely inspiring ✨️

[@sgerianda]

I want to study musicology again, but with this kind of stuff and approach. And teacher ❤❤ o, I love your videos so much!!

[@carlstenger5893]

Thank you for yet another brilliant episode!

[@SirPrankalot]

Thank you for another great video. These score analyses are pure gold to me. I pray they never stop coming.

[@michaelkoch5209]

Excellent. Thank you for the analysis 🙂

[@moogfooger]

the best music lesson I have ever had . Thank you so much!

[@rodneyferris4089]

It was so beautiful and so full! Thank you Elam!

[@sleepydrJ]

Brilliant!!! Your graphics really bring so much to understanding the piece!!

[@palutalu]

Wow what a piece!

[@NichtWunderkind]

Revisé su canal por casualidad y me encontré con semejante video!!! Gracias Maestro!!❤

[@billymeyer99]

Thank you for an amazing performance and an informative look into English keyboard music

[@farahmohammed1963]

Just another absolutely fabulous video!! Thank you so much!!🌺

[@IIImobiusIII]

Bravo, encore! A masterful interpretation.

[@iggypreilly]

Great presentation! Very informative. Glad I clicked:)

[@JacarandaMusic]

Fabulous as always. IIRC there’s a lovely lute version by Edward Collard.

[@DocRossi]

Wonderful playing - thank you

[@isidrotejedor7945]

Me ha encantado este episodio, además de ser muy pedagógico. Muchas gracias!

[@colinbooth2421]

Wonderful! Thanks!

[@BritInvLvr]

I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.

[@L_S_Barros]

So good!

[@HenryBertolucci]

Nice video! Sugestion for a next one: the passamezo / romanesca theme found in the pieces Parson's Farewell, Bransle de Avignon, Stil, Stil Een Reys, etc.

[@kaybrown4010]

Bravissimo. And thank you!

[@PlanetImo]

Cool :) Enjoyed that, thanks.

[@matteogarzetti]

Wow ❤

[@mogalelebethe6082]

I'm not gonna lie, I was expecting a more elaborate coda😅 Wonderful performance as always!

[@Eloitxo1]

Fantastic

[@davidalejandropina9120]

Thanks!!!!!!!!! Love your videos!!

[@andrewmcfarland57]

Thank you for helping me forget the noise of modernism for little while.🙂

[@bifeldman]

The Krell Mind Expander, once again. Elam again leaves me smarter than I was.

[@vrixphillips]

Thanks so much for covering Byrd! Would love if you would do one of Tallis's Felix Namques, which are /amazing/ but... I still can't really wrap my head around them after listening and playing them myself (or listening to the plainchant :O )

[@vrixphillips]

also WOW what a performance! quite breathtaking :D

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Excellent work as usual. How about an episode on the musical cryptograms and puzzle cannons etc., the secret messages in Renaissance music? There was a guy Lewinsky that figured out alternate ficta interpretations etc.

[@stephanieking4444]

Thank you for selecting a piece from "My Lady Nevelles Booke". ❤️ What do you think of other stand outs "My Lady Nevelles Grounde" or the descriptive "The Battle"?

[@StockyScoresRaoraPantheraFC]

GROUND

[@Burch1955]

Since I was at first confused by the spelling of the name, a little side note from Wikipedia: "Hugh Aston (also spelled Asseton, Assheton, Ashton, Haston;[1] c. 1485 - buried 17 November 1558) was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for his innovative keyboard and church music writing.[citation needed] He was also politically active, a mayor, Member of Parliament, and Alderman."

[@avellanedam]

Your videos are jewels of music analysis, history and appreciation! Just a little suggestion, if I am allowed to, maybe placing a vertical line on the score to follow where the interpretation goes (or is at). Sometimes with the inherent acceleration of the rhythm, the score begins to go faster and the listener gets a bit lost and rushed to catch up again ☺️😊 Otherwise, more than my congratulations on such outstanding videos, my deepest respect for your professional work shown in them!

[@maniak1768]

By any coincidence, are you familiar with the Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna by Tarquinio Merula? Its ostinato is just two notes (!) and it's still a spectacular piece of music.

[@EarlyMusicSources]

Yes! It's so weird and amazing

[@moogfooger]

I know you don't need any suggestions for score analysis but just in case......Walsingham variations by Byrd. One of the most profound pieces ever written. Cheers

[@SpaceMalakhi]

Brilliant video Elam; I have a question: what would you say is the difference between ostinato/ground and forms like Passacaglia or Chaconne?

[@PaulMcEvoyGuitars]

ok what was Carrie's Dompe?

[@harpsitardo]

Stinky ...

[@GmT0Curwen]

FWIW, the notation with triplets will look less messy if you convert the time signature to 3/4

[@leonardschick5257]

Note values and time signatures in early music are linked to tempo expectations. 3/4 would be highly confusing for that reason.

[@aikifab]

Hi. I'm trying to adapt your score for a woodwind quatuor. I'm wondering, the last note of the 2nd variation is really a F natural ? Not sharp ?

[@aikifab]

I found the answer : it's actually F natural, because it's not the last note of the phrase. The actual end of the phrase is a E at next bar, which makes more sense... Sorry for the stupid question ...

[@lwaldron9745]

Would you be willing to discuss Bieber and scordatura? Nobody enlightens early music as well as you do, and I can't be the only one who'd find your take edifying.

[@davcaslop]

Second!

[@renematei708]

To be honest, most melody variations turn also into harmonic variations very quickly.

[@harpsitardo]

Has anyone purchased the recent Lyrebird Editions of Lady Nevell or Fitzwilliam, and if so - specifically the hard cover edition? They offer a wire-bound paperback version, which leads me to believe that the hardcover editions are not practical for performing from and probably do not lie flat on the music stand. Their answers to this direct question are vague and they like to disable comments on their KZbin videos showcasing these editions - the performers are playing from either tablets or different editions entirely! I would love to purchase them, But at the price it is a little risky if the hardcover editions like to slam shut ha ha . Anyone have these?

[@mathrafal]

As the publisher, I have both the hardback and wire versions. The comments on the KZbin video and other infomercial videos are disabled to maintain a respectful and professional environment. We value your opinions and feedback, which is why we encourage direct communication via email. As for us being vague about the bindings, I don't know who you are, though if you had sent an email concerning the binding, I would have said something along these lines: "The hardback bindings are fine for thinner volumes, though, as with all hardback books, they are not always practical for some instruments. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, for example, has over 400 pages in each book, and wire might be more practical." Indeed, it says this on the FVB page on the Lyrebird Music website. My preference is for hardback books since they look so good on the shelf! However, we also produce them in hardback for libraries, which will not buy wire-bound books. I hope this brief explanation has helped you. Cheers, Jon

[@nightwishlover8913]

Canon in D?

[@mauricioamf]

😂😂😂 yes, I agree the modern notation software will not like you to do the black notation, how many hours did you passed to get that notation accepted on finale??? 😂😂

[@EarlyMusicSources]

😵‍💫lots

[@shw256]

Quill and paper: Do what works for you! Modern notation software: Do what works for me! EMS: No! On a practical level, black notation is quite self-explanatory and clear! WHY DOES THIS NOT COMPUTE?! (committedly coerces computer)