LECTURE-RECITAL: English Broadside Ballads
Lucie Skeaping
Wednesday, April 11 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
www.lucieskeaping.co.uk
Comical, political, scandalous or just plain lewd, Broadside Ballads were both the popular songs and the tabloid press of their day. Serving up a heady mix of everything from political comment and religion to royal gossip, marital advice, remedies, racism and sex, they were set to some of the most delightful tunes England has ever produced - and reveal a world remarkably similar to our own.
Combining music, history and images (Powerpoint or slides) this 60 - 80 minute presentation features musical examples and explores the context in which broadside ballads were written and sold, their language, printing and musical references.
Musician, writer and broadcaster Lucie Skeaping presents The English
Broadside Ballad. She specialises in the reconstruction and performance of 16th and 17th century English popular music and performs throughout the world with her ensemble The City Waites.
Sponsored by the Renaissance Studies Program, Early Modern Center. Co-sponsored by the IHC, Departments of English, Music, and History
