I am interested in a myriad of subjects, from antique
arms and
armour,
philology and
motor bikes (but too old now...) to
genealogy[1][2], antique British silverware and
cooking (historical and modern), but the following often take precedence in my life:
•
Renaissance music, particularly
early keyboard music, and more particularly the English
'Virginalists':
Byrd,
Bull,
Farnaby,
Gibbons,
Tomkins,
Philips etc. I can put it no better than
Colin Tilney: ... the keyboard music written in England from about 1580 to 1625 had no equal anywhere for gravity and brilliance, for learned ease or for sweet melancholy. It is simply one of the imaginative summits of Western art, a brief miracle, challenging in its technical demands and utterly satisfying in its hold on the ear and the mind.
I am interested in a myriad of subjects, from antique
arms and
armour,
philology and
motor bikes (but too old now...) to
genealogy[1][2], antique British silverware and
cooking (historical and modern), but the following often take precedence in my life:
•
Renaissance music, particularly
early keyboard music, and more particularly the English
'Virginalists':
Byrd,
Bull,
Farnaby,
Gibbons,
Tomkins,
Philips etc. I can put it no better than
Colin Tilney: ... the keyboard music written in England from about 1580 to 1625 had no equal anywhere for gravity and brilliance, for learned ease or for sweet melancholy. It is simply one of the imaginative summits of Western art, a brief miracle, challenging in its technical demands and utterly satisfying in its hold on the ear and the mind.