This Song From the 1500’s Blows Me Away

[@ianrowe9331]

I went to a Julian Bream concert in Edinburgh. I rode the bus, a poor student. A small man in conservative clothes sat down beside me with his instrument case. I said, I'm going to the Bream concert, and he said, so am I. As I went to the entrance, we parted, and he went to another entrance. Of course it was him. BUT HE RODE THE BUS!

[@lBJamiel]

A lovely story.

[@SummerRain368]

How thrilling! Thank you for sharing. ❤

[@iggykarpov]

Fantastic!!!

[@AbolitionistPrivateer]

I caught one of his concerts in Germany in the very early 90s. Amazing.

[@perfectloveIAM]

I love that share! Once I was at a fair tapping on about an author as I was buying her books. She tapped me on the shoulder and said thank you for all that. Would you like me to sign them? Your story is even better.

[@nirmalsuki]

Us 1590s kids appreciate young artists like Breem for bringing songs from our childhood back.

[@binkwillans5138]

We don't have music anymore in the 21st century. Just some drum beats and heavy breathing. You kids were lucky.

[@fraaggl]

you got one thing wrong, 15ty century means it started in 1400 and ended in 1499. And if you were born in 1499 (still a 15th century kid !) that would make you 91 years old which is kind of impossible for this period of time !

[@noelle3551]

​@@fraagglmid to late 16th to early 17th centuries. Interesting era for music just on the cusp of Baroque period!!

[@katrinat.3032]

🤣

[@purpleplanet3138]

😁😁😁

[@MusicLiberates]

It’s really terrific how Rick is introducing people to high quality music from many different genres and time periods.

[@joethebar1]

And some bad...

[@markadams2907]

That6what being an artist is all about. Rick is truly an artist. Yes, he is a performer, but the man IS an artist.

[@atruex4164]

Yep-telling 3mlln subs to listen to Dowland and Bach can reorganize the world for the better.

[@adam872]

It's a beautiful thing isn't it.

[@justathought88]

Legit

[@TheCelticSeer]

Rick, When I was at school, way back in the Baroque Era of the Early to MId '70s (1973 to 1977), we did woodwork, my woodwork teacher was so good that he was building a Lute during our classes, while we were doing the assignments we had to complete. THe big thing about this is he was building two, from scratch, One was for Julian Bream the other was for John Williams, two very good friends, who both came to the school to meet our teacher and we got to listen to them both play guitar and lute!!

[@ginger7044]

Wow

[@Esse-vp1bc]

So during the last Period of England then. All that culture since destroyed.

[@topsecret1837]

@@Esse-vp1bc It died with the ignorance of its listeners (refusing to listen to modern recordings because they think the older recordings are better) Voice of Music is a good channel for instance.

[@Esse-vp1bc]

@@topsecret1837 Not my point at all. England was as cultured as the OP described, probably surviving up till the mid-1990's, in my small University dept several of my tutors were world leading experts in their fields & wrote the textbooks that other tutors followed . Now that era can be considered a foreign country, gone forever, replaced by an absurd, stupefying ideology.

[@holliehoover6223]

I'm with your wife. Not my choice of dinner music.

[@barbaravandoren3425]

I LOVED this video. Thank you. I'm an elderly English woman, who's first husband was an aspiring classical guitarist. He absolutely idolised Julian Bream, so much so that we named our first son, JULIAN. (He's now 66!) I love this renaissance music, especially played on period instruments. Julian Bream was such a 'regular guy' with a really wide appeal. Here in London, we were all very proud of him & his ability to bring us the music of a distant era into contemporary life, which we otherwise might not have known of. It's lovely that American musicians appreciate him, too.

[@snehasishguhathakurta9338]

@Barbara Van Doren I hope you are doing great in this tough time.

[@badcornflakes6374]

What a beautiful thing it is

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

I saw Bream at the Perth Concert Hall in Australia in 1983, I believe it was. I even remember the title and name of one of the compositions he played ("The Blue Guitar" by Michael Tippett).

[@rosieleat6868]

I am 61 - born in the London slums, now living in a beautiful place in the country side in another country but for a little while, I played the recorders and violin in a group that played old English music - when I hear this, I feel it deep in my bones and my skin, even though classical music moves me so deeply the most, (and I love Kate bush, nick cave, sing along songs etc, aurora) this music almost takes me back to a past life - and I can feel the grime in my skin, the hunger in my belly. What a great channel!

[@elizabethhenderson3747]

I love the arts played on original period instruments. In the 1980s I was listening to a piece from the baroque period on the radio, and I said to my girlfriend, who happened to be mostly self centered, and below my IQ, I said to her, "Wow! This is being played on original instruments!" And she gave me such a dirty look. And she said, "How would you-uuu know?" I responded, "I can tell from the texture of the sound." She didn't approve of my answer. When the piece finished, the radio announcer mentioned it was played on original instruments, my girlfriend's face shown such anger. I'm always glad I broke up with her.

[@kelsycunningham8452]

Imagine the composer at the time, being told that people would be getting down to his music 500 years later.

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

Downland was a badass, he would be cool with it.

[@twhmmh]

Imagine explaining ŸouTube to him...

[@davidfleuchaus]

And “air lute.”

[@operavin]

And he’d be listening to Cardi B wondering what happened. “Well we got hit by a meteor.” Oh, well OK then.

[@joedwyer3297]

I ended up looking him up and showing some family members, we all enjoyed his tunes For being dead for like 400/500 years hes got like 160k monthly listeners😂

[@suedavis3525]

As a former pro classical musician trying to expand into other genres, I love that Rick is so eclectic. Good music is good music.

[@mayasl1339]

this

[@corrupted_realm]

​@@mayasl1339is. SPARTA!!

[@Calatriste54]

Bravo!

[@jmorra]

Good music is good music! Rick knows this and so do you, thank heavens!!

[@Ouralbleu1]

Yes ! Good music is good music ! 😊😊😊

[@raymondward5106]

One of my favorite things on this planet, is listening to someone who shares thier joy and tries with sincerity to open that door to you. Bravo

[@stevegrant7762]

Julian Bream, a hero of mine. I just love how wide ranging Rick’s tastes are. I’m with you on this man!

[@numanuma20]

There is no music Rick hates.

[@pauldallaway5794]

Bream, Martha Agerich, Swervedriver and Holdsworth. Rick loves it all!

[@TheSeeking2know]

Yea I agree. It’s delightful and instructive.

[@David-iv6je]

We just gonna ignore Beato's Jerry Garcia look in that short clip?

[@jules153]

I speak to many classical guitarist when I travel the world and 2 names keep cropping up Segovia and Bream. Bream just had a way of making music sound magical. His Bach is out of this world.

[@maryjane-ei4hl]

This piece of music made me weep . How can an old English composer reach out through four centuries and put his fi get on a mind today. So powerful .

[@jmcc2275]

It made me weep too…probably not for the same reason though.

[@justynjonn]

The power of music.

[@yogiine]

Because time is not linear and we are not our bodies ❤

[@abraxaseyes7]

Music touches our hearts through time because our hearts are the same as the past. We forget our endlessness

[@amazinggrace5692]

Because music is in the DNA of all creation.

[@erikhn9331]

My first record ever was Julian Bream playing English Renaissance music. It was in 1973, I was 10 years old. Loved this music ever since.

[@thebigpicture-elpanorama]

From an Irish man in Bangkok, this is the perfect ending to my day.

[@keifmullismusic2764]

Damien Kelly is one of my best friends since 2005. We are both huge Rick Beato fans and the fact that he features in this video has put both of us on a high! Hello from Ireland Rick! 🇮🇪

[@michaelholmes9874]

He sounds fantastic. I had a Julian Bream lo when I was a kid and it got me into classical guitar. He had his own tv programme back in the day on the BBC! Now it’s Married at First sight and all that crap….

[@MrLeadb1]

It's hard to believe that such talented people are quite unknown even in their own countries.....Damien is incredible, I was very moved by his great performance....my eyes started sweating.

[@marypatten9655]

@@michaelholmes9874 yes. How did the BBC go so far down from such wonderful music and shows? Guess there was more money down there.

[@lorenheard2561]

@@MrLeadb1 Had to say it.. Love your Leonidas' sign!! A positive affirmative to that !!

[@sharongraham4256]

@@michaelholmes9874 except Married at first sight is not on the BBC.

[@chriswharton]

Man, I love the way you get into this. Not just a musician yourself, but a musical historian, who obviously adores everything with a master’s ear and appreciation. You’re attitude knocked me out.

[@mrsmollyj]

THIS!! Yes! Agreed

[@loumendes5723]

Excellent thank you Rick Beato

[@raydelrosario2366]

When Mr. Beato says "OH!!" on music from the 1500s...you know he's well rounded. Truly a legit sensei of music.

[@jsmith5278]

truly...

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

When you call him sensei, I think it'd be interesting to see his comments on Japanese pop music.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Well he was a music professor for many years lol

[@crhu319]

He has to discover the Japanese female guitarists next...true senseis of the axe!

[@OuijTube]

Early Music will really blow your mind if you let it, man. The great thing about this video is that we get to see different ways to perform this song, which is a treat. Too often, this kind of music gets tied up in the straitjacket of "SERIOUS PERFORMANCE." I mean, yeah, it IS serious music, but as other people noted, this was written originally as a DANCE. It was alive! The more we get this music out into the world, the more chances it gets to live, and that makes me happy.

[@SamuTheFrog]

Bro, he's always bringing out the best music of all time

[@tamaralandreneau8005]

My Daughter & I love this style of music. The BBC plays this music in every Movie they make, depicting the music of the period. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@N1originalgazza]

Who, after more than 4 centuries, is still listening to John Dowland's hit "The Earl of Essex's Galliard" here on KZbin? 🥰🥰😄

[@joycolclough2272]

Ppl who like renaissance music

[@D_scxnnect]

i was only 4 years old went it released but still love it to this day!

[@debussy3222]

Me, from chile.

[@troylabrie]

I listen in Hilo, Hawai'i. It's wonderful music. 🙂🤙🌴

[@shakesrear7850]

You, apparently and me... all of us. It's a Straight Bbanger. I bet they nodded their bench wigs high in the air bopping to this. Spun right out of their robes.

[@christophersuleske1905]

Fantastic! 500 year old music that stands the test of time.

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

only kids from 1500's understand this music.

[@Norvaal3]

A classic indeed

[@larryschmid3834]

I was a staff writer in Nashville for a short time and while in Nashville I felt like I had come home. Everyone was on the same wave length, writing all the time, dreaming of getting a song cut and released and dieing when they passed on a hold. Watching your show gives me that same feeling. Your whole life is music and I "get" everything you come up with about music. I feel like I've come home watching you week after week. Please keep it up. Love your show. I like that middle ages stuff too, the middle ages song writers struggling to find a patron so they could eat. Nothings really changed. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="574">9:34</a>

[@DaveMiller2]

I like how Rick talks about different genre's and not just modern pop and rock. And he doesn't just talk, he educates.

[@RexFlux]

I am from Mexico and though not being a native speaker this musician is so relatable, it almost feels that I am a musician or a music historian myself. 😅 So much so, it almost feels as well as if English was my mother tongue😅 Amazing communicator. I am glad the algorithm brought me here🎉 Muchas gracias Sr. Beato😊

[@nightowl4206]

I recognized this song right away because I had that Sting album for 15 years and knew every song almost by heart. Back in Russia in St Petersburg long ago I went to concerts like that ( " Shakespeare's music"), they were wearing gorgeous bright colored clothes and girls were singing so beautifully.. They were dancing too! I still remember how much I loved these concerts! It was such a magic..

[@kathleenmcgill5781]

Awesome

[@mrsmollyj]

Same

[@mariajukejax9649]

Edin Karamazov on lute!

[@ManicBard]

I love your enthusiasm, Rick. The music is fabulous. No electric - just pure notes and skilled musicians... Thank you.

[@carnatderomania]

Ohhh come on!!!! Rita Ora and Dua Lipa make so much better music..... Which will all be forgotten in 2 years LOL

[@onwordjackson604]

No electric. Happens today, too. 😕

[@StarCrystal9]

Yes, electrics is, mostly a waste of funds!

[@leswright4108]

I am a classical guitarist and very beginner lutenist and I focused on Early Music in my music degree. For Rick to turn his attention to likes of Dowland makes me feel joyous--and validated.

[@BoomerBends]

Rick Beato singlehandedly doing more for the preservation of music than countless scores of his peers. Amazing guy!

[@lm5730]

In the US. The rest of us already love it

[@codswallop321]

Fun fact: the sci fi grandmaster Philip K Dick was a huge Dowland fan. The title of his novel "Flow my tears, the policeman said" references Dowland's most famous song.

[@wondrinminstrel]

@@codswallop321 That's interesting. I was a huge Philip K dick fan back in the 90's when I was in my late teens. I read just about all his short stories and novels. Which song are you refering to please? OH and I still have a chuckle when telling friends about The Broken Bubble.

[@helentee9863]

I'm in my middle 60s, l was brought up on this style of music in the uk because my dad is a huge fan. 'Stone age' music is what most classical musicians/singers tend to call it 😁. If you like this,try Googleing Michael Deller/ Counter Tenors

[@katharinerawdon7398]

@@wondrinminstrel The song is simply titled "Flow My Tears", or possibly "Flow, My Tears" - look for it, it's gorgeous!

[@GuyFrets]

My late wife loved Renaissance and Baroque music throughout our 48 years together. Early Music was a passion we shared!

[@knockedoutloaded279]

If its Baroque don't fix it..

[@Mamakate2382]

To this day I am so grateful that my choir director back in 1969 in a small Alabama college introduced me to the music of Palestrina. To this day I can still sing, play and recall the lyrics of “O Bone Jesu” and “O Magnum Mysterium”. And I’m glad two years of high school Latin paid off so I could know what the heck I was singing. LOL

[@matthewwalsh7813]

happy to stumble upon a channel like this featuring music like this. So many people shrug off genuinely good music before having even listened to it simply because it's a little foreign to them.

[@flisscook8934]

I LOVE THIS VID! Thank you so much for bringing such a human response to this wonderful music! I’m a trained classical musician/singer /teacher ….. we need you …. Your passion fills my heart with joy as you innately understand it! All music has in one way or another come from these glorious roots! I’m subscribing! You are a beacon of Light! Thank you 🙏🏼 🎉

[@zizimycat]

I’ve always wondered why our current society shows little appreciation for Renaissance music or the instruments of the era. I love seeing this fellow savouring it. Great video.

[@tatache5971]

Agree. In the best case majority of the people find it fun, in the worst they find it weird. 15th to 17th century gave us so many incredible pieces. I love this period.

[@janeclarkson8471]

It’s probably not exposed enough. It’s beautiful and charming with wonderful instruments.

[@robertkrepek2561]

Seeing him enjoy it is as satisfying as the music itself.

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

@@janeclarkson8471: Yeah! Charming!

[@Visigoth_]

I never understood why traditional music isn't popular... most "contemporary" music is Trash (me and my RenFair friends know where it's really "at").

[@lynettegill14]

Beautiful. I’m English. I think this music is in my dna! I hear very much the influence of this music in early Genesis with Peter Gabriel and in Jethro Tull too. I love that you’ve loved this sound for so long.

[@maximilianogabriel9982]

Love prog. Rock ..KC ,yes, old folkies, medieval ,barroque, greats from argentina 👈👌

[@simonedangelosericola5742]

Well said!!! Greetings from Italy (land of the best knonw and appreciated Prog Rock scene after the English one...)!!! 😉

[@junemacauley6813]

I never made that connection, but now I hear it!

[@valkyrie1066]

Yes, I loved Jethro Tull and early Genesis; and loved the medievally inspired pieces. They hit it hard in the 60-70's and have kinda gotten away from it. Love old English/Irish folk music as well.

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Indeed!

[@aaronmarshall3755]

As someone who has grown up playing classical guitar all my life, hearing Julian Bream’s name in 2024 warms my heart. He was always my favorite guitarist growing up and his expression is truly top-tier. For those interested in hearing more Dowland I would highly recommend his famous Fantasia No. 7 (a fan favorite amongst us guitarists) as well as Benjamin Britten’s Nocturne after John Dowland, a modern work which was dedicated to Julian Bream.

[@uli5000]

OMG! I have this on record! I grew up with my dad listening to Bream and other classical guitarists and came to Love it myself as a little girl in east Germany. It is actually the root for my deep Love for all kinds of guitar music till this day. I inherited all my dads records and still listen to them.

[@catkin3]

Cherish them - they will be priceless!

[@jreinhar1]

Thirty some years ago I was a bass player in heavy metal garage bands. I heard a recording of Bream doing Dowland songs with the tenor Peter Pears and began learning classical guitar. Before I finished my studies at the U. of Toledo (Ohio), I played one recital of that material with a countertenor. Still best musical experience of my life.

[@tullochgorum6323]

Speaking from experience, the key thing to understand about the music of the Tudor period is that it is super-fun to play and sing. I was in a fine choir at a university college with beautiful Tudor buildings, and as Rick says, performing this music in those surroundings is a life-enhancing experience!

[@HandmadeDarcy]

They make damn good post-rehearsal pub madrigals, too. Does a singer with a tankard of beer qualify as a period-appropriate instrument? 😁😁

[@tullochgorum6323]

@@HandmadeDarcy Every now and again we would get together with one of the women's choirs for a performance. Afterwards we'd head off in a little fleet of punts and park ourselves under one of the beautiful bridges over the river Cam. The acoustic was great, and we'd run through our repertoire of madrigals. By the time we emerged, the bridge would be packed with bemused tourists trying to figure out the source of this mysterious and wonderful sound!

[@HandmadeDarcy]

Ah... There is little more satisfying than hyperventilating in harmony with fellow humans 😊😊

[@abracadaverous]

@@HandmadeDarcy That qualifies perfectly. The most portable instrument of all.

[@chelseal654]

Exactly, they weren’t concert pieces, they were a pastime and entertainment.

[@riveraluciano]

"Can she excuse my wrongs with virtues cloak?" One of the first renaissance pieces I ever sang, and I still remember every note as if I sang it for the first concert yesterday. Amazing.

[@threearrows2248]

Such a great piece! I forget how blessed I am to have grown up a classically trained musician with musician parents. Classical and jazz was a staple in our home and car. My husband just got me a speaker for my birthday and I've been playing classical for my kids every day during school time and it just changes the whole mood, it gets inside of you. Music used to mean something, we need to get back to that.

[@johnmarcinko2484]

I wonder if Bach had any access to the music of Dowland, or other composer from this period...

[@dont.ripfuller6587]

You had parents? like...plural? 😦

[@Chris-mf1rm]

Music has always meant something and still does. It’s just a matter of whether that particular piece of music speaks to you. Some modern stuff I hate, but I wouldn’t be so superior as to say it had no meaning.

[@lauriesuzanne8848]

Truth!

[@brigeetalight4394]

Yes, we do

[@azcodemonkey]

This would have been timeless if your wife had walked into the background when you started playing it, and rolled her eyes. Thank you, sir, as always. You rule.

[@ocljtc]

😆😆😆😅

[@rabbimeyer]

Yes! Very solid!

[@blackvx]

😂 With Rick dressed as a Renaissance man.

[@chad9261]

you look like a discord mod

[@tamber5977]

@@chad9261 and you look like a nobody, "chad".

[@thomasmoorer3887]

I am a classical guitarist and a huge Julian Bream fan. I am particularly drawn to Renaissance and Baroque music. Thank you for sharing this with others that enjoy your channel. I hope you will include more topics like this in the future.

[@robertscharlow]

Julian is great. His duets with John Williams are epic.

[@raidrfrk]

You must like Blackmore Knight

[@ronaldhuff635]

if it aint baroque,, dont fix it

[@WickedWaiata]

I am an Electronic Music and Hip Hop/R&B man but always have time for Renaissance and Classical tunes! The creators were truly Gangsta

[@berrykrautboy5368]

Rick, you really are a true scholar of music. Thank you for opening another door in the house of music.

[@enshrinehd]

Some of my favorite music! I never get tired of it

[@alvaronunesdesousa878]

This episode was really surprising for me, I wasn't expecting you to cover Julian Bream! I still can't believe he has left us; not only he's one of the greatest guitarists ever, he even brought the lute back to life. John Dowland's works were really groundbreaking. Thank you!

[@pridgenwatkins2867]

This could be my favorite Rick Beato YT clip. Keep up the great work, Rick. You're the pied piper showing a new generation of musicians how vast the music universe really is.

[@sarathurston3318]

I love Renaissance music! I have worn out every format of Waverly Consort’s “A Renaissance Christmas Celebration.” Imagine listening to this music in a candle and tree-lit room, fire blazing in the hearth and a glass of hearty red wine and a plate of cheese nearby. Heaven, I tell you!

[@fernandogirard9702]

On my 70 bitthday, my daughter, who is a soprano, sang this beauty accompanied by bandoneon(!) played by her husband. So, so great.

[@sameoldtunes7110]

I’m from 2007 and so grateful to have been shown this song.

[@samforsyth]

“Shall I call her good, when she proves unkind” Such a heavy lyric. Love it!!!

[@bobbydellmusic]

This song is sometimes known as the “Earl of Essex Galliard,” as it’s dedicated to Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason by Queen Elizabeth I.

[@teach-learn4078]

​@@bobbydellmusic After praying that God would preserve the Queen and asking the crowd to join him in prayer, he begged God to forgive his enemies. He then removed his gown and ruff and knelt at the block, looking up at the sky and saying the Lord's Prayer. After forgiving the executioner, who knelt in front of him, Essex repeated the Creed and then took off his doublet, as it was covering his neck, to display a waistcoat of scarlet, the colour of martyrs. He laid himself on the block, stretched out his arms and prayed, "Lord be merciful to Thy prostrate servant… Lord, into Thy hands I commend my spirit." After repeating two verses of Psalm 51, he could take no more and cried out, "Executioner, strike home!". The executioner swung his axe to behead Essex, but, unfortunately, it took three blows to sever his neck. When the deed was finally done, the executioner held the head aloft, shouting, "God save the Queen!" … Essex had asked to be executed privately and accordingly, was beheaded on Tower Green on Ash Wednesday, 25 February 1601. He was aged thirty-four at the time of his execution and gained the distinction of becoming the last person to be beheaded within the Tower of London, he was beheaded at the same spot as Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn had been. The first blow of the axe hit the Earl of Essex's shoulder and it was reported to have taken three strokes by the executioner Thomas Derrick to complete the execution. …

[@christinesilberman8273]

​@@teach-learn4078😊 no I'm not

[@teach-learn4078]

@@christinesilberman8273 You’re not “what,” milady?

[@CorePathway]

Same heartache, different century

[@yvonnedidit]

I am a classical Cellist and I LOVE that era. That lute solo on the Sting version was nuts! I also play guitar and drums so I’m a little bit Rock and a little bit Classical. So glad you shared this music.

[@victoriabarclay3556]

The Sting album is wonderful. I also enjoyed Classical Barbara, though I’m not a huge Streisand fan, I l over this album. And her talent unquestionable

[@davidfryer9359]

That beautiful. That smart. And that talented. You are a triple threat to anyone standing in your way. I bow out and give you my leave.

[@Dombarable]

You can't be a little ROCK and a little CLASSICAL. And, after all, renaissance is NOT yet entirely classical. If you're a bit of this and a bit of that you are, eventually, nothing of the both.

[@realpropertymangement7640]

​@@DombarableRepectfully, disagree. One can most certainly be a bit of this and that. I know I am.

[@elmoromalpaso3858]

well, renessaince and baroque are rack and roll! :D

[@paulnorell7201]

I love watching a great rock musician like yourself, being so passionate about early and classical music. Music is not only the universal language, but it's also timeless.

[@heavnnnsent]

Jethro Tull gets honorable mention here because they compose their own compositions which sound quite medieval, very much like Renaissance or medieval compositions, only they are contemporary, an amazing band

[@mrw1208]

Contemporary is a relative term. Jethro Tull is half a century old.

[@heavnnnsent]

@@mrw1208 🤪

[@ArjanKop]

@@mrw1208yes, rub it in… 😢

[@Realcernunnos]

hear hear, I'm a big Tull fan

[@Beachgirl1]

The 70’s Prog band “Renaissance” is a criminally underrated band who are aptly named. Their vocalist Annie Haslam is one of the best female vocalists of all time.

[@aliceberethart]

This is why i love love loveee the Tolkien Ensemble. It’s Tolkien’s poems played and sung as if they’re renaissance pieces. It’s absolutely stunning.

[@raehenry3522]

You are so right.

[@elizabetenunes2509]

5

[@bonumfatum457]

Great ensemble, not at all similar to music of the renaissance period tho

[@mrbxv]

Just when you think you got Rick Beato all figured out, he goes waaaaay back to Renaissance music!!! Really great to hear and learn about this.

[@chriskennedy2846]

And he gave a mention to the Fairport, NY library - which I have been to a bunch of times. I have since left NY State and miss Guida's pizza.

[@thetasigma5835]

The only thing I've figured out about Rick is someway, somehow, he's gonna blow my mind and expand my musical knowledge on styles/topics I never even considered.

[@Muck006]

Well ... if he went over to german medieval rock he could have it all combined.

[@christian2M]

I am an old guy from Romania and I've just discovered your channel. It is the best musical channel on youtube for musical education. Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much Rick!

[@thenewmedic]

Rick, the thing I enjoy most about you is you come across as less a sought-after professional music industry producer and more just a guy who genuinely enjoys music and just wants other people to enjoy it, too (and know why certain songs are great). You let the music do the talking while you're completely engrossed in it and it's infectious. Love your stuff, man.

[@ZopcsakFeri]

Right?! He's like a Jay Leno of music! :D

[@pepefernandez4270]

Nailed it!

[@mikealexander7017]

Dowland's songs are fantastic. I discovered them via the science fiction writer Philip K Dick, who was a fan. He even used a Dowland song in the title of one of his novels, "Flow my tears, the policeman said". I love the fluid movement between keys and major and minor in Elizabethan music. I was in a church choir as a kid, and always particularly loved music from that period - Tallis and Taverner, and things like the Coventry Carol. Really beautiful music.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

Coincidence, I was reading Philip K Dick earlier today, for the first time in years.

[@JulesN580]

Mike Alexander Now that is fascinating! I love such ‘flo-thru’ cultural connections, as well as the work of Philip K Dick’, which l read from a young age.. ‘Flow my Tears, the Policeman Said’ are also the opening lines to an early song by Gary Numan. And ‘Bladerunner’, the title given to the film adaptation of Dick’s ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Shape’, is taken from a story by William S Burroughs… and so on!

[@Belltuck]

I had to give you a like for mentioning the Coventry Carol. ❤

[@donaldanderson6604]

Shredding on the lute! I think there is plenty of Django in Bream's playing. (His dog was named Django.) He played in a jazz band when he did National Service and there are videos of him jamming Django-style. The lute players were expected to be able to improvise fast on the changes and had a lot in common with today's jazzers. One of Al di Meola's favourite records was Bream's album of 20th century music. I was lucky to have met Bream several times after concerts and he would just hang out and chat to the audience backstage. No ego, just talent.

[@kathyadair8552]

How interesting! Thank you. Django ~ ❤!

[@johnricercato740]

There’s a video somewhere of him playing with Stephane Grappelli the great jazz violinist. It’s not Julian’s music and Grappelli plays at a furious pace but JB mostly manages to keep in time…!

[@troylabrie]

I love Renaissance music and I love your channel. Mahlo nui loa from Hilo, Hawai'i 🙂🤙🌴

[@alcyonemusica]

Finally a music producer with a lot of culture and rich in Information in America. Congratulations 🎉🍾

[@seanmatthewmills]

“Whose heavenly touch, upon the lute, doth ravish all human sense” -Shakespeare.

[@jcee6886]

🥰

[@lev7509]

(the author of that specific sonnet in The Passionate Pilgrim is actually suspected to be Richard Barnfield)

[@seanmatthewmills]

@@lev7509 Elizabethan authorship attribution is a very thorny subject. I agree that there is doubt about this particular sonnet, as well as others in the passionate pilgrim, but then again, there’s a lot of doubt about Shakespeare himself.

[@lev7509]

@@seanmatthewmills fair enough ^^ i apologize for my "um actually" moment. Whoever wrote that had a point though 👍

[@irtnyc]

​@@seanmatthewmills Yeah there is zero evidence William Shakespeare of Stratford could even sign his own name. Or ever attended any school or wrote anything whatsoever, himself. Not one letter exists evidencing he was literate, nevermind an author, nevermind playwright. All we have is works attributed to "William Shakespeare" most of which were published for the first time after the man living in Stratford was dead. As Mark Twain put it, he's a brontosaurus (ie a construct) put together out of "plaster of Paris" and assumptions.

[@MerkinMuffly]

My wife never liked this type of music either, but for a kid growing up in the 80s into fantasy novels, movies and D&D this was right up my alley

[@wfemp_4730]

@Miles Doyle "But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."

[@MartijnVos]

Speaking of psalms, I'm a big fan of the 1555 Genevan psalm melodies. There's just something to those scales and harmonies of that time.

[@AaronLitz]

Currently playing a 15th level Half-Elven Bard who has a Doss Lute. I managed to cast Charm Monster on two Bone Devils using it a while ago. He fights with a special pair of magical, crystal-bladed swords he crafted himself, that sound like paired glass armonicas as they cut through the air.

[@kennyplay5982]

@ 7:55 really funny faces

[@stefankrautz9048]

i wonder what the older generation in the 1500's thought of this music. "dont you dare to go to the next castle-concert ! "

[@sbingham1979]

This is what I love about Rick Beato: his openness to all kinds of great music. Priceless.

[@maudessen573]

OMG, Rick…you bring back the memories. As a student I studied briefly in London in the early 1970s. Early music was very popular then. We used to go to all the early music concerts we could…indoors and outdoors. We were so poor that we would walk miles to save tube money so we could pay for our tickets. And student ticket rates were so cheap! Anyhow, this is a lovely reminder of those long ago days.

[@Catmom2004]

Memories are so sweet, the older we get. Don't you think? 🖖

[@johncook30284]

Julian Bream and John Williams, the guitarist, gateways to the past for me.

[@David-yh4wz]

It still is! Although, to be fair, I'm talking about period ensembles and orchestras rather than early music per se. Some of my favorites are Musica Antiqua Köln, Brandenburg Consort, London Baroque, Avison Ensemble, Raglan Baroque Players, AAM, La Chapelle Royale, Les Musiciens du Louvre, English Concert, English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble Vintage Koln, Les Arts Florissants, Bach Collegium Japan, AOE, La Petite Bande, and many more excellent period ensembles and orchestras.

[@RafaelHanussek]

Sounds amazing!

[@bogdiworksV2]

I was gonna say the same thing. Lots of opportunities to hear really well performed early and Baroque stuff in the UK.

[@Warrendoe]

This music just touches my soul. I’m a 67 y.o English woman and visit Medieval/Tudor buildings brings me alive…as does plainchant. Thank you for this.

[@richardhoneycutt9437]

I fell in live with Medieval and Renaissance music in high school in the mid-1960s. I was a charter member of Musical heritage Society, who sold a lot of ancient music. On our first date, I took my wife to a music fraternity party. It was boring, so we went to my place and listened to medieval and renaissance MHS records. Great times!

[@larrymiller4]

60's was my musical awakening. Late teens, very early 20's.

[@Guus115]

​@larrymiller4 the 1560's

[@shellieeyre8758]

I took out an LP from the local library when I was about 11. It was David Munrow's New London Consort, "A Renaissance Dance Band" and I was hooked.

[@thomasmurray3920]

I played recorder and krumhorn in my college’s Early Music Ensemble. Renaissance music is EPIC. Then again, so is the Baroque.

[@stevenhess9502]

Krumhorn. Oh yeah.

[@kengrimsley4172]

I never tire of Rick's enthusiasm. I would literally listen to anything on Earth based on his recommendation...just because I know it's something I should learn.

[@paulcarter6962]

My father sang opera professionally, and I did so in my younger years, though never professionally. I would say that people that listen to it growing up, or they learned it early, have a different appreciation. I watched my father sing with pavirotti and it couldn’t have impressed me more. My wife however could never know why or what I hear that moves me so much.

[@Jill-ps1rs]

Paulcarter6962 wow, your dad must have been terrific. As children we listened to all kinds of music, classical, big bands and modern and pop. Musicals were also popular. I listen to Classic fm, and recently Mario Lanza was played. I d forgotten how incredible his voice was. My mum, always rated Pavarotti as tops, however, i think Mario has my vote. Beautiful to me Id be interested to hear in your preference??

[@paulcarter6962]

@@Jill-ps1rs my father was pretty terrific. It was tough for him coming up, but his voice carried him far. I don’t have many preferences as far as a voice is concerned. Pavarotti had a high note that never seemed to waver in power. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a bad note. I’m a bit closer to Pavarotti too, we have a few funny family stories whilst my father sang with him. However, my father was a Verdi Baritone, and I am a true bass, so I am swayed towards a darker voice that can be carried into higher tones. Samuel Ramey is one of my favorites too. Of course overall I love my fathers voice. It’s great to see others are still listening to this music.

[@debiddoki7755]

This is now my favourite video of yours Rick! When you can't stop conducting along with the music, playing your "air lute", and looking like a kid in a candy shop, it's infectious :)

[@billjarvis9467]

Seconded.

[@jcee6886]

Coming third for the bronze, me.

[@colb999]

I just got this image of Rick being at school playing the 'air lute'. Made me laugh.

[@peanutbutterisfu]

Many musicians say music is their life but Rick is on a different level he’s well rounded in all aspects playing instruments, composing music, producing, engineering, college music professor, guitar teacher and the list goes on! Something I have noticed that is very true is when someones life is really all about music they really don’t have genre boundaries industrial metal music might be their favorite but they will also listen and appreciate almost any genre. I listen to a pretty wide variety I can listen to pop punk now and then listen to the orchestral radio station ur great grandmother listened to but I can’t say music is my life I don’t live and breath music anymore. I really have so much respect for guys like Rick and I hope the younger generations will have people like Rick so all the music from today to a thousand years ago will still be taught and cared about!

[@FrancisPerreux]

SHREDDING on the LUTE...Dude! Thank you so much for being a Music Geek and PROUD OF IT. This video made me a subscriber ❤

[@gregorfussenegger]

I'm still underestimating Rick's huge amount of knowledge about music. Soo cool! I'm learning with every new video!

[@robertakerman3570]

@Jonathan Crews Yeah, but can He play lft-hnd'd(joking of course)

[@gaguy2160]

Rick is the man and I love his knowledge and passion

[@Scoots1994]

I love Rick doing his "Oh!" to lute playing from the 1500s.

[@neilross9867]

I read your comment at the very moment he shouted "Oh!!!". A little surreal if I'm honest

[@scottbaines4747]

The "Oh!" is truly timeless. 🤣

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

This is why I love Jethro Tull! They brought this sound to the twentieth century and repopularized the whole sound! We’re gonna party like it’s 1599!!!! Great info, Rick! As usual!

[@nobillclinton]

@Michael Noland: exactly! the genius and talent of Ian Anderson\Jethro Tull. . .very best concerts of all performers of that era.

[@jackwezesa1081]

Cool stuff Mike! I love Tull so much! I bought Stand Up LP freshman yesr in high school. Hard to beat !

[@neilvn]

Yes, this definitely has a Songs From The Woods vibe to it.

[@donpodlas5546]

@@neilvn Bouree also comes to mind. Love the sound!

[@wladosu]

listen to gravy train !

[@mariothepookster]

So glad you’ve taken time to share another aspect of music you enjoy. I was lucky to go to a middle & high school that offered me the opportunity to play their orchestras as well as concert band. Each year our schools had spring and Christmas concerts. Each year the drama and orchestra classes would do a musical. We also had talent shows. Besides popular music of the day, I was exposed to and enjoyed classical music as well as having the experience of performing in public. I played percussion. Also, played in rock groups. Was always listening to jazz. At the time, in LA/1960s, KBCA was the jazz station. KCBH was great for classical. I sent to a Julian Bream concert and was blown away. The 1973 Leonard Bernstein Harvard lectures are great! They’re on KZbin.

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Rick Beato is a man truly with no stupid hangups, or musical presentism. I love watching him enjoy music from all periods and walks of life.

[@blakeh6250]

Totally agree

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

So do I.. I feel the same way. Renaissance music and Motets were complicated messages. Instrumentals required professional performers. Henry VIII was able to join in and relax for a while...his wives could too.

[@klowen7778]

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 'Fer sure, and although not a 'musician', that's one of the things I really appreciate about Renaissance music in particular, is that combination and 'layering' of instrumentals all playing simultaneously but still contributing to the overall piece. And many folks don't appreciate that these were often based on ancient folk tunes that themselves have withstood the test of time. And why Basil Poledouris, the composer of so many great film scores, has said that he often bases his compositions on these ancient folk melodies that have endured, because they actually embody perennial 'archetypes'.

[@Kaleil]

I don't know if I would say that, he has lots of gripes and pre-supposed opinions that invalidate entire genres of music to him.

[@lindamahrer7067]

This is new to me and I find all this so amazingly wonderful..

[@AndyNyle]

Ritchie Blackmore introduced me to Renaissance music through his interpretations of it. Great stuff. Very under appreciated

[@Redplanetfilms1]

I worked with Ritchie once and he really did seem that he was a Renaissance musician in a past life. To the clothes he wore, to the castle like setting we recorded in, to way he held and played his guitar. I agree!

[@hannahmillington5781]

Ritchie always loved Renaissance music, and once he quit Purple/Rainbow he seemed much happier playing that style of music - I know he has made a comeback with Rock in recent times, but his real interest (and better playing in my opinion) is with this genre.

[@trollstjerne]

Same here. Love the 3 first Blackmore's Night albums.

[@AndyNyle]

@@Redplanetfilms1 yep he popularized those staccato runs in the context of rock and roll Rick was reacting to, and also lots of it with Blackmore Night’s

[@oskarileikos]

@@Redplanetfilms1 I've heard that he lives like a renaissance troubadour. No phone, no email address...

[@RemyCT63]

Just when you think the art of guitar solo shredding is a product of the 1960s thru today, we clearly see this level of sophisticaticated playing dates all the way back to the 1500s. Very cool to see and thank you for educating and exposing us to a music category we most likely would never ever seek out on our own.

[@mattmexor2882]

Galileo's father, Vincenzo Galilei, was a professional lutenist, music theorist, and composer.

[@twenty3electronics]

Galileo, Galileo Galileo, Figaro - magnificoo

[@MrBoker69]

@@twenty3electronics Oh mama mia!!!!

[@suzannehartmann946]

I would not be surprised if it affected hi attitude towards the movement of stars and planets.

[@brandonrobinson1785]

I had no idea! That's awesome.

[@SkogIGimle]

My dad has diabetes

[@karens2111]

Watching Rick enjoy a song is life affirming.

[@cedricgist7614]

The man is passionate about music - not just his music but all thoughtful, well-played music. It's infectious!

[@Blissed-Out]

@@cedricgist7614 Some of the expressions he makes really crack me up. I could easily see him doing stand up /acting.

[@davidfleuchaus]

Air lute Aire lute Heir lute Herr Lute Err lute Hair lute Era lute Theme and variations

[@lindsayheyes925]

Rick Beato, I did not expect that! Respect, Sir! I drove my parents mad by playing Julian Bream's records incessantly while studying for my O Level exams at school. You are right that this music is in English DNA - but in Spanish too. I listen to a lot of classical guitar, and the similarities are very strong. My daughter took me to a Flamenco performance in Granada a couple of years ago, and a solo from the Concierto de Aranjuez had me unable to hold back tears at the memory of Bream's performance of that piece - and last week I heard a brilliant street musician play it right next to the Alcazaba in Seville, very late at night and in an otherwise deserted street. He wasn't playing to any audience, he was simply enjoying the acoustics of the cobbled street palace walls and orange trees. Exquisite!

[@avk-kq7gv]

What a lovely comment, full of appreciation and delightful memories.

[@LivingWatersUtube]

We LOVE that you are not afraid to post whatEver you like! Classical actually had a big effect on us, too.

[@eordonnadandrea8216]

I came from a rice field in Southern Louisiana. I was sent miles and miles away to LSU in Baton Rouge. The bookstore held a huge record sale. I bought a Renaissance album. It took my breath away. The harmonies.

[@dorasmith7875]

Life must have been AWFULLY dull in that rice field, if this music is a step up.

[@sarae.mcneil462]

I’m from the rice fields and cotton fields in Central Arkansas, and I love this music, too.

[@lindanichols3415]

​​@@dorasmith7875Non gustibus est disputandum. Translated from the Latin means: In matters of taste there can be no dispute. Music is a spiritual experience and speaks to our individual souls which are as unique as our fingerprints 🤗

[@lukaszgalon3000]

@@lindanichols3415 I would agree if the new music nowadays wouldn't exist, I know people have different music tastes but there is good music and bad.

[@Loki_Dokie]

​@@lukaszgalon3000there is no good or bad, just what you like or don't like.

[@jasontaylor3898]

I listen to Renaissance music every morning as I sip my coffee and watch the sunrise.

[@janel342]

Sounds too perfect to be true. The sun rises when it’s raining?

[@joedwyer3297]

​@@janel342be that as it may, the sun rises no matter what😅

[@edwardx4979]

That's awesome! I guess it only gets better if you happen to live in an old cottage in the woods and there's chickens, swine, and cattle roaming around... 😁

[@user-sm1fk1xm4d]

@@janel342NO WAY U JUST ASKED THAT 💀

[@davidculp6266]

I always appreciated the way some British artists of the 1960-70's found a way to merge Renaissance music with modern pop/rock. Steeleye Span is one of my favorites as well as Jethro Tull.

[@massimosposaro6974]

Also Amazing Blondel and Gryphon were great.

[@johnperkins4611]

The band Renaissance were good too. Annie Haslam.Great voice.

[@johnbaxter533]

"All Dead, All Dead" and "The Prophet Song" by Queen

[@steray8112]

Coronach remains in my top ten best songs of all time.

[@robgriffin4801]

Surprised Rick doesn't bring up Tull more on the channel

[@nancyavalon4150]

Wow...I enjoyed this so much. I also loved watching your face and movements as the music was played. What joy! I became involved in Renaissance music when I switched from classic piano study to 16th century HARPSICHORD in my senior year in college, to accommodate a new job as musician and historic interpreter for the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (whew....that sentence fits those 16th and 32nd notes to the lute solo in "Can She Excuse My Wrongs"...lol). 46 years later, I am reviving my 'old' programs and presenting them in full costume, with period instruments, and the same love for this music that drew me in so many years ago. Thank you for giving me the boost I need to meet this challenge face-on, as you have simply...and profoundly...inspired me. Here's to Dowland, Julian B, and Sting! Nancy

[@philhopkins159]

Amazing video. I am a drummer who has a background in jazz but ended up playing a lot of this kind of music at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, mostly with wind players. And this is what I found. The music swings! It has a groove! And the players get to improvise! I felt right at home. Well done Rick for reminding us of the joy to be found in music of all kinds.

[@highpath4776]

Do you find the cadences of this similar to an Irish bodhran beat emphasis

[@Markpig7]

I'm a metal/rock guy at heart. Ages ago I did three years full time at music school, classical guitar performance. Watching this put a lump in my throat, a smile on my dial and a life reaffirming/recalling chill down my spine. This touched my soul. Thank you.

[@TheCubicleReview2]

Listening to that show I was like "that's metal"

[@daviddahl1791]

I love the lyrics to this piece too.. . Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue’s cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no; where shadows do for bodies stand, That may’st be abus’d if thy sight be dim. Cold love is like to words written on sand, Or to bubbles which on the water swim. Wilt thou be thus abused still, Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou canst not o’ercome her will, Thy love will be thus fruitless ever. Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire, If she this deny, what can granted be? If she will yield to that which reason is, It is reason’s will that love should be just. Dear, make me happy still by granting this, Or cut off delays if that I die must. Better a thousand times to die Than for to love thus still tormented: Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented.

[@missmew3499]

Wow, these lyrics sure are different than the lyrics of WAP by Cardi B! My, how far we've fallen....

[@jeandoten1510]

The text is attributed to Robert Devereaux the Earl of Essex, who was a wannabe lover to Queen Elizabeth the first. The instrumental version is called The Earl of Essex Galliard. The Earl got a bit too full of himself and eventually lost his head. Literally.

[@davedahl4461]

@@jeandoten1510 after staging a disastrous production of Richard II. Queen Ebeth was not amused.

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

Yeah, yeah, renaissance misogyny in the words. The music does not grab me either. However each to their own.

[@daviddahl1791]

@@elizabethnuttall5374 that's beyond a stretch. I think you dislocated your shoulder reaching on that one.

[@cynthiakrynock6310]

I just love this. 1500's music is is ijust beautiful. Dan Fogelberg plays some of his compositions like this. Even on his only Christmas album, he alludes to something like this. When I was a little girl, we listened to all types of music. My parents loved varied types. I want to find Mr. Bream music and it to what I have. It's so rich. Thank you, Rick, for sharing all you do with us. I feel like I'm being musically educated!

[@pedrogonzalez650]

Scarborough Fair and John Barleycorn are british songs dated around 1500 por 1600 and actually is renaissance music originally. Simon and Garfunfel and Steve Winwood made an excelent work on these songs. Excellent video, Rick! Keep on, please.

[@yvonnemccarthy4957]

Ok. I started my vocal career with Renaissance madrigals. I didn't think I could have more respect for you, Rick, but dammit, you just exploded my head. AWESOME video!!

[@pianotutor9107]

Rick, here is another interesting fact about Sting’s appreciation of great masters - the chorus of his song “Whenever I say your name “ is based entirely on Bach’s prelude no.1 from “12 short preludes”. 🎹 When I heard the song for the first time I couldn’t believe that he didn’t change a thing and used the first page of this prelude completely as an accompaniment for his melody… So, along with Sting’s creative talent Bach definitely contributed to make this song a great hit!😉

[@SwordsmanRyan]

Sting (Gordon Sumner) is quite underrated in that regard.

[@ciaobella8963]

How right you are.

[@user-man-now80]

It's so refreshing, just for a little while, to listen to an intelligent chap sharing his enthusiasm for Renaissance music - and convincing me that it really is so beautiful. I have no talent for creating music, but I absolutely appreciate the quality of the music, and of course the skills of those musicians. Thank you so much. Cheers ! Sheffield South Yorkshire.

[@louisegalipeau5171]

When I studied classical voice, I discovered renaissance music, Purcell, Dowland and love singing it. Food for the soul. Thank you for sharing your passion for good music, it's contagious!

[@marvinc9994]

"Food for the soul" You're not wrong: and it sure beats the hell out of Hip-Hop!

[@hildyva]

I was a voice major in college too and classical guitar minor. I immersed myself in those great composers too!

[@juliagoatly5857]

“If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.”

[@M0odyBlue]

I love Renaissance music. Dido’s Lament is one of my favorites. Annie Lennox did a masterful performance of it on a Christmas album. A bit dark for Christmas, but just beautiful.

[@bryangesinger8898]

Hello, Mr. Beato. This video exemplifies the reason I continue to follow your work. You are as comfortable discussing Late Renaissance compositions as you are covering Adele's latest song. Wide and deep is your musicological education, and we, your viewers, are the beneficiaries thereof. Your delivery is not arid but enthusiastic and appreciative. It engenders a renewed awe of ingenious music and its composers. Thank you for sharing your musicological expertise and the passion that it has stoked.

[@dannydoc1969]

I saw Julian Bream in concert twice, he was an amazing guitarist. Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull always reminded me of a renaissance bard.

[@SadkoLitsky]

Exactly !!! Exactly ! You voiced my thoughts! Now I understand where Jero Tull's feet come from. Already in the 16th century this music sounds jazz-rock.

[@marnaehrech1223]

Yes!!!! Exactly!

[@patrickdaly5068]

@@SadkoLitsky Yes’s intro on “Roustabout” is reminiscent of some of this music.

[@davidlee6720]

ian anderson the medieval jester par excellence

[@tombusshart3971]

That's what I like about Jethro Tull ,the intermixture of various medieval and modern instruments along with Anderson's artistry of words gives me that feeling of sitting by a fire back in the 14th century.

[@robjus1601]

Wow the first rock concert I ever went to was Sting in LA. I got joy watching how much you love this music.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Makes you think, maybe some lute player back in the 1500's could have written the intro to Stairway to Heaven ( or something very similar ), but forgot to write it down and we never heard it again for another 400 years.

[@GoldieBarrett]

that stuff happens all the time. If one thinks of something but does not act upon it, it is still out there in the Universe for someone else to grab onto. And they always do. 🙏

[@jmcc2275]

He changed his mind and wrote “ Whole Lotta Love “ instead.

[@tomdchi12]

Dowland was early emo too: "He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell""

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Before anti-depressants*

[@bartolo498]

@@thetruthchannel349 The only had wine, women and song as antidepressants... unfortunately, all three can also work as depressants...

[@russellbaston974]

Nobody did melancholy like the Tudors.

[@feelthejoy]

Most art was pretty emo then

[@tadhgobriain8109]

I've seen Bream. I met him. I was a classical guitar student. OMG, he's the greatest. Such a character too.

[@stugryffin3619]

The child like joy pouring out of you as you listen and air-lute along makes this old music lover feel like he's 10 years old. This was such a great vid.

[@tonyqunta32]

John Dowland was and is one of the greatest composers of all time. No wonder artists such as Sting and the great Jan Akkerman have been influenced by Dowland!