Medieval songs, dances and chant and 16th and 17th Century songs and lute duets. Soprano Andrea Folan with Elizabethan Conversation: Susan Sandman: medieval fiddle, lute, recorders, viola da gamba, bass viola da gamba; Derwood Crocker: symphonia, psaltery, organetto, lute. Leonarda CD #LE340. Duration 64:21

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Production: Recorded by Marnie Hall at Alice Barler Recital Hall, Wells College, Aurora, New York, September, 1994. DDD. Cover Photo: "Angel with Symphonia," c. 1360, possibly Pisan. Samuel H. Kress Collection, ©1966, Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall.

Support: This recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support provided by the Mitch Miller Foundation, Wells College, Dilly Patrick, and a Special Opportunity Stipend from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, Inc. Rights: Copyright ©1997, Leonarda Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Music Resources: Countess of Dia: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Fr. 844, Fol. 204R. Maroie de Dregnau de Lille: "Le Manuscrit du Roi". Queen Blanche: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS f.fr. 21677. Hildegard of Bingen: the Dendermonde Codex. Anne Boleyn (attributed): can be found in Briscoe, ed., "Historical Anthology of Music by Women," (1987). Killigrew: Oxford, Tenbury MS 1018; ornamented version from Bodelian Lib. Add. 10337 fol. 55v. Mary Harvey: Henry Lawes' Second Book of Select Ayres and Dialogues (John Playford, 1655). "In Vain, fair Chloris" is published in "English Songs," Musica Britannica, Vol. 33, ed. Ian Spink (London, Stainer & Bell Ltd., 1971). Anonymous lute duets from "The Jane Pickering Lute Book" (c. 1615-1645) and Folger MS. 1610. Farnaby pieces: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.