Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye (c.1514), Original Pronunciation

[@fluffyseals9571]

This sounds like if the Vocaloids were in the renaissance period. 😂

[@earlymusicmidi]

Virtual time travel.

[@fluffyseals9571]

EARLY MUSIC MIDI Lol

[@SpoliaObima]

i feel you

[@sebbie_gonzo]

I though the SAME thing! Sounds like Kaito and Luka!

[@emmajh4752]

The music. The art. The lyrics. So beautiful 😁🤩

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks!

[@dustin2006]

This is awesome. Would love to hear a version sung in the original pronunciation by a real person/choir.

[@earlymusicmidi]

There is a recording by the German group Isaak Ensemble Heidelberg

[@michan6705]

@@earlymusicmidi where?

[@earlymusicmidi]

There is CD titled “If Love Now Reigned” It is available on Amazon.com

[@Veriox22]

Invent a time machine then :-)

[@composaboi]

@@earlymusicmidi The CD costs $969 :(

[@kinghenryviiiofficial]

Save for the strange dialect of the choir, this rendition is mine favored thus far. Well done. It gladdens me exceedingly to have finally heard a rendition of mine song with a fairly accurate pronunciation of the lyrics! May God grant thee health and protection. Written by the hand of him who ardently desires to be your king in mind, heart, and spirit, H.R.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks for endorsement. btw did you mean “mynde and hert?” 😅

[@Twigs1836]

I think Henry VIII's handwriting looks very cool. It's interesting to see the long S and the macron used in English at this time.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Yes, too bad we have lost the flair for beautiful handwriting.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

More likely a professional copyist - the elaborate initial letters, a holdover from before the invention of printing, look like the work of someone who did it for a living.

[@speedyx3493]

I really doubt this is Henry VIII's own writing, he probably created a draft, the court composer took a look at it, made some minor corrections and had it copied by a scribe. The king himself probably wrote the usual cursive of his times and class

[@haeleth7218]

I've been close up to two pieces of Henry VIII's armour. He was a GIANT in Tudor times - 6 feet 1 inch (just over 1 metre 85 centimetres)

[@suebursztynski2530]

@@haeleth7218 I’m thinking he looked like his grandfather Edward IV, who was also tall and good looking…and also started going downhill, though he died younger than Henry.

[@МарианнаЮматова]

Мой супруг был два метра ростом, и имел русые волосы и бороду, вид у него был королевский и внешне очень сильно был похож на Берти, короля Эдуарда, сына королевы Виктории и на Максимилиана Габсбурга, короля Мексики, одно лицо!

[@Nellsbells79]

This was lovely, thank you for posting

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@margaretchlebnikowski2456]

I love this, and I love the special scale, which is different to us. I can hear a major pattern at the end of the phrases. It sounds like a sexy song, a bit irresponsible, like King Henry the XIII succumbs to his passion, and sexual urges, which he calls love (live) or something. Nice to hear how it would have been prounounced back then.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks for the comments. Here is a link to a more recent remake of the same piece. I used the pronunciation scheme of a different linguistic scholar, and I improved on the sound quality of the instruments. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXyViXx3aJylgpo

[@feronia7]

Zauberhaft ohne Worte so schön....

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thank you for the comment.

[@ShoesOnBookshelf]

I cant stop smiling. Thank you.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@Bojich]

Awesome! I really love this. Takes me to the times of mythes and legends

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊

[@Aethelhadas]

Didnt the tudor times exist?

[@Bojich]

@@Aethelhadas 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@conordelaney4938]

The title in Middle English is "Pastyme wt Good 9panye"

[@earlymusicmidi]

I think these are medieval abbreviations 🤔

[@welcometotobyvision]

Henry VIII may have been a vicious man, but this is beautiful.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Agreed. Thanks for the comment.

[@suebursztynski2530]

@@welcometotobyvision Jethro Tull performed it wonderfully here on KZbin. Someone commented that they can imagine Henry jamming with them on his lute and now I can see it too.

[@XRMTTF]

You are amazing!!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks!

[@brianpope637]

Who are the 2 dead souls that disliked this?

[@seantheblue1606]

Anne Boylen and Catherine Parr

[@nathanzone]

No it was Anne Boyle and Catherine howard

[@feronia7]

Zeitvertreib in guter Gesellschaft liebe ich und werde ich lieben, bis ich sterbe. Soll nörgeln wer will, aber niemand kann’s mir verwehren; so Gott will, werde ich auf diese Weise leben. An meinem Zeitvertreib - Jagen, Singen und Tanzen - hängt mein Herz. All diese ehrbaren Spiele dienen mir zum Trost. Wer soll mich daran hindern? Die Jugend braucht ihre Tändelei, wohl oder übel, einen Zeitvertreib. Ich halte daher Gesellschaft für das Beste, um alle Gedanken und Launen zu verarbeiten. Denn Nichtstun ist die erste Begleiterin aller Laster. Wer kann also sagen, Fröhlichkeit und Spiel seien nicht das Beste? Gesellschaft ist gut und schlecht, doch jedermann hat freien Willen. Die Besten folgen ihr, die Schlechtesten meiden sie. Ich werde mich danach richten: die Tugend gebrauchen, das Laster verweigern. So werde ich es halten

[@earlymusicmidi]

Vielen Dank für die schöne Übersetzung!

[@haeleth7218]

Fantastiche Überzetung dieses früh-modernischn engluschen Liedies vom König Heinrich. VIII

[@butzke158]

Very good thank you!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks 😊 Hope you check out my Early Tudor playlist!

[@joaoalfredocastelobrancoca5666]

Um tesouro musical . Treasure !

[@earlymusicmidi]

obrigado 🙏

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

The voices sound like a mix of Scandinavian and Japanese vocaloids lol.

[@earlymusicmidi]

That may be because I altered the Vocaloid phonemes to mimic Tudor vowels.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

@@earlymusicmidi noice

[@earlymusicmidi]

😅

[@emmajh4752]

Omg new fave song 😍😍😍

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks. Hope you like my other more recent uploads.

[@hazel_dot]

To who it may concern: I'm doing a Chinese podcast channel talking about western history, may I quote this song to introduce Henry VIII?? This is a very lovely work!!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Yes you can link it to your podcast. But I think there may be other English pieces from that period that are even more interesting. Did you check out my playlists? Also, I would appreciate it if you could credit my channel in your presentations? Thanks for your interest.

[@hazel_dot]

@@earlymusicmidi Thanks for your approval. Will definitely show your channel on this episode. I thought this is the most catchy one in Henry's court!(based on wikipedia, Chinese) I'd appreciate if you suggest to me any better choice😍

[@earlymusicmidi]

Here is my playlist of Tudor music from pre-Elizabethan times: PLn4Qg2sVKTZkHSuxoN0lxbfZoWq4I5vHE Just cut and paste this in the KZbin search engine

[@hazel_dot]

@@earlymusicmidi Thank you!!!

[@annwu9648]

I'm a fan of the podcast. It has become very popular now. 時間的女兒粉絲🙋

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Liked and subscribed.

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks Please check out my more recent uploads and my playlists. 😊

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@earlymusicmidi I'm planning to play most of your music during this weekend. My whole neighborhood ill have to appreciate the Middle Ages vibes.

[@pablobasstb]

this thing sounds absolutely hilarious

[@phunkymonkiee]

1:18 is that a black guy sitting on a horse and playing the trumpet for the English king's army in the Tudor era??

[@earlymusicmidi]

Correct! There were Africans in both English and Spanish paintings from that era.

[@earlymusicmidi]

There are records which state the some of the black men at the European courts were the best musicians of their time.

[@phunkymonkiee]

@@earlymusicmidi Fascinating bit of history. thanks!

[@tonyjones2308]

@@phunkymonkiee his name was John Blanke.

[@suebursztynski2530]

Hey, that’s John Blanke among the trumpeters!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks for pointing that out! That’s so cool. I read about him but never made the connection with this sketch

[@suebursztynski2530]

@ it’s a famous picture, but John is the only one I recognise.

[@sethlim4906]

As an aficionado of Western history, (armchair) linguistics and Vocaloids, this seems well done. Which Vocaloids were used for this reconstruction?

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks for the comment. I don't remember which Vocaloid I used for this version of Pastyme. But here is a more recent rendition that I like better. I corrected the pronunciation a bit and made a few other adjustments. For this newer incarnation of the song, I used the Cyber Songman voice bank: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXyViXx3aJylgpo

[@emmajh4752]

Guys make this blow up yeah ?

[@romuloVG]

Nice! Following O.P. (Original pronunciation) DO you think original spelling would be too distracting?

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks! I put the “modern spelling” below the original score so viewers ( if so inclined) could see the “original spelling” as well by pausing the video. I didn’t want to clutter the screen too much.

[@claudiapinho-memorias]

Bellissimo ❤

[@earlymusicmidi]

Grazie!

[@earlymusicmidi]

This is my most recent rendition of this piece: [New Rendition] Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye (c.1510), Original Pronunciation kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXyViXx3aJylgpo

[@edmundironside9435]

Henry looked so feeble as a young man

[@Eshapchik]

Генрих 8 - талантливый чувак, а не только женоубийца!

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thank you of the comment.

[@stars-hk9uo]

Nice

[@earlymusicmidi]

Thanks

[@stars-hk9uo]

Np

[@giuseppegrasso4596]

This is not the modern pronunciation, is it?

[@earlymusicmidi]

Yes. This is pre-Early Modern English based on the pronunciation scheme of the German linguist Theo Stemmler. It is still different from Shakespearean / Elizabethan English.

[@giuseppegrasso4596]

@@earlymusicmidi why did you put the modern lyrics on the screen instead of putting them in Middle English? Couldn't you put the lyrics of this song in both Middle and Modern English instead of using just one language? Had you put them both, I would have appreciated the video more than I already do. Greetings from Italy.

[@giuseppegrasso4596]

I've just noticed that the Middle English lyrics had already been written in the description. Sorry for my last comment. I didn't know that they had already been written there.

[@earlymusicmidi]

@@giuseppegrasso4596 Thank you for your interest in this video. I have generally tried to approximate original pronunciation for all of my uploads whenever I can find a reliable source to inform me. I usually also add extensive notes about the pieces in the Description section, as you have noticed. By the way, I have family in Rome and Perugia. Italy is wonderful this time of year.

[@giuseppegrasso4596]

@@earlymusicmidi where are you from?