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Joel Frederiksen was born in 1959. He is an American bass singer and lutenist based in Germany, and director of the early music Ensemble Phoenix Munich. He studied for a master’s degree in Early Music at Oakland University, where he received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Musicianship, Matilda Award, and Distinguished Alumni Achievement awards. From 1990 to 1999, while living in New York City, he was a member of the Waverly Consort and the Boston Camerata.

He has released award-winning CDs with Harmonia Mundi France and Sony/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. His 2012 album Requiem for a Pink Moon, an Elizabethan tribute to Nick Drake, won the ECHO Klassik 2013. His 2016 album Tell Me True Love presents music of John Dowland. His 2018 album Un niño nos es naçido presents Christmas music of Spain and Latin America from the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Repertoire

The Tree in the Wood— Composer not established
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Zuo Rôme voget, zuo Pülle künic (Completed by Marc Lewon)— Composer not established
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Under der linden— Composer not established
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Vil wunder wol gemachet wîp (Completed by Marc Lewon)— Composer not established
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Vil wunder wol gemachet wîp – Estampie— Composer not established
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Mir hât her Gêrhart Atze ein pfert— Composer not established
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Quant je voi l’erbe menue— Composer not established
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Hebet sydus (Arr. by Marc Lewon)— Composer not established
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Muget ir schowen— Composer not established
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Ich saz ûf einem steine (Instrumental)— Composer not established
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Ich saz ûf einem steine (Arr. by Marc Lewon)— Composer not established
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Alte clamat Epicurus— Composer not established
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Lanquan li jorn son lonc en mai— Composer not established
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Nû alrêst leb ich mir werde, “Palästinalied” (Arr. by Marc Lewon)— Composer not established
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Ich hân mîn lêhen— Composer not established
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Durchsüezet und geblüemet— Composer not established
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Tannhäuser Stampedes— Composer not established
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Frô Welt, ir sult dem wirte sagen— Composer not established
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Suzanne / Susanne Un Jour— Composer not established
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A Thousand Kisses Deep / Un jour L’amoureuse Sylvie— Composer not established
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Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye / Adieu mes Amours— Composer not established
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Famous Blue Raincoat— Composer not established
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Prelude— Composer not established
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Dance Me To The End Of Love (Pavane)— Composer not established
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Galliarde— Composer not established
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Devil the Care— Composer not established
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Bird on a Wire (Le Rosignoll and The Tuneful Nightingale)— Composer not established
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So Long, Marianne / Le Phoenix— Composer not established
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You Want It Darker (Quand me souvient)— Composer not established
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Hallelujah (The Evening Hymn)— Composer not established
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Fabordones del cuarto tono, IAC 14— Composer not established
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O magnum mysterium, ITV 101— Composer not established
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Ríu Ríu Chíu— Composer not established
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Fantasia X, IAM 2— Composer not established
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Oh Reyes Magos benditos!— Composer not established
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Ad tantae Nativitatis, ICM 1— Composer not established
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Recercada tercera sobre tenores Italianos, IDO 27, “Passamezzo moderno”— Composer not established
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Niño Dios d’amor herido, IFG 11— Composer not established
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Los reyes siguen la estrella, IFG 8— Composer not established
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Diferencias sobre Guárdame las Vacas, ILN 1— Composer not established
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Cancionero de Uppsala: Yo me soy la Morenica— Composer not established
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Cancionero de Uppsala: Dadme albricias— Composer not established
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Cancionero de Uppsala: Un niño nos es nasçido— Composer not established
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Vaya la princesa, vaya— Composer not established
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Diferencias de las Folías: La Folia— Composer not established
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La Trulla— Composer not established
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Pabanas— Composer not established
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Oiga niño mio de mi corazón— Composer not established
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Ay andar, andar— Composer not established
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Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Arr. M. Lewon)— Martin Luther
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Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Arr. M. Lewon)— Martin Luther
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Was wird es doch des Wunders noch (Arr. for Voices & Chamber Ensemble)— Ludwig Senfl
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Ich stund an einem Morgen (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)— Ludwig Senfl
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La Monina— Anonymous
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Wach auf, wach auf o Menschenkind (Arr. Voice & Chamber Ensemble)— Orlande de Lassus
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Domini est terra— Orlande de Lassus
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Was wird es doch des Wunders noch— Hans Neusidler
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Verba mea auribus percipe— Orlande de Lassus
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Motette Sine textu 23— Orlande de Lassus
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Ach Schatz, ich sing und lache (Arr. for Voices & Lute)— Hans Leo Hassler
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Mein G’müth ist mir verwirret— Hans Leo Hassler
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Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist (Arr. for Voices & Chamber Ensemble)— Hans Leo Hassler
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Saltarello I & II— Giacomo Gorzanis
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Ach herzigs Hertz— Leonhard Lechner
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Ach Lieb mit Leid— Leonhard Lechner
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Dieweil Gott ist mein Zuversicht (Arr. for Voice & Chamber Ensemble)— Leonhard Lechner
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Banchetto musicale, Suite No. 6 in A Minor: IV. Allemande e tripla à 4 (Arr. for Lute & Violin)— Johann Hermann Schein
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Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein— Johann Hermann Schein
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Ach Gott und Herr— Johann Hermann Schein
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The Lowest Trees Have Tops— Composer not established
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The Woods So Wild / Can She Excuse My Wrongs— Composer not established
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Deare, If You Change— Composer not established
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Tarleton’s Riserrectione— Composer not established
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Sleep Wayward Thoughts— Composer not established
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All Ye Whom Love or Fortune Hath Betrayed— Composer not established
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Away with These Self Loving Lads— Composer not established
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Flow My Teares— Composer not established
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My Lord Chamberlain His Galliard— Composer not established
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Fine Knacks for Ladies— Composer not established
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When Phoebus First— Composer not established
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Say Love If Ever Thou Didst Find— Composer not established
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A Fancy— Composer not established
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Lady if You so Spite Me— Composer not established
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In Darkness Let Me Dwell— Composer not established
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If That a Sinner’s Sighs— Composer not established
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From Silent Night— Composer not established
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Praeludium— Composer not established
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The Frog Gaillard (Arr. for 3 Lutes)— Composer not established
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Shall I Strive with Words to Move— Composer not established
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Tell Me True Love— Composer not established
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Wenn ich mein krank Vernunft— Composer not established
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Prolog: Wer ist die da durchleuchtet— Composer not established
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In suria ain braiten hal— Composer not established
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La plus jolie— Composer not established
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Wer die ougen— Composer not established
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Wach auf mein hort— Composer not established
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Wolauff wir wellen slauffen— Composer not established
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Ain graserin— Composer not established
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Je voy mon cuer— Composer not established
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Du auserweltes schöns mein Herz— Composer not established
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Wer ist die da durchleuchtet— Composer not established
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Es fuegt sich— Composer not established
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Questa fanciull’ amor— Composer not established
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Mein herz das ist versert— Composer not established
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Ave mater o Maria— Composer not established
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Lay me low— Benjamin Franklin White
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The Morning Trumpet— Henry Carey
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The President’s March— Anonymous
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The Death of General Wolfe— Anonymous
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Jefferson and Liberty (The Gobby O)— Anonymous
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America— William Billings
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God is the King— William Billings
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I am the Rose of Sharon— William Billings
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The Gentleman Soldier— Anonymous
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Leander— Anonymous
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Drumdelgie— Anonymous
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Northfield— Jeremiah Ingalls
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Captain Kidd— Anonymous
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Wondrous Love— Anonymous
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Come life, Shaker life— Anonymous
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O Love, Sweet Love— Anonymous
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Now, my Dear Companions— Anonymous
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Who will bow and bend like a willow: Who will Bow and Bend like a Willow— Anonymous
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My Carnal Life— Anonymous
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Stubborn Oak— Anonymous
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Tis the Gift to be Simple— Anonymous
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The Army of the Free— Anonymous
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Maryland, my Maryland— Anonymous
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Lorena— Joseph P. Webster
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Dixie’s Land— Dan Emmet
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Dance me a Jig— Al Wood
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Hard times come again no more: Hard Times Come Again No More— Stephen Foster
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Sinner Man— Anonymous
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“Hear, O Lord, when I cry”: Hear, O Lord, when I cry— Massah M. Warner
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Pietà di chi si more— Girolamo Kapsberger
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Armilla ingrata— Andrea Falconieri
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Filli vezzosa— Andrea Falconieri
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Che farai Meliseo?— Sigismondo d’ India
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Io canterei d’amor— Girolamo Dalla Casa
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Superbi colli— Stefano Landi
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O vagha Tortorella— Biagio Marini
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Se tu mi lasci perfida tuo danno— Stefano Landi
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Dalla porta d’oriente— Giulio Caccini
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Muove si dolce— Giulio Caccini
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Chi mi confort’ahimè— Giulio Caccini
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Io, che l’età solea viver nel fango— Giulio Caccini
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Deh chi d’alloro— Giulio Caccini
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Amor ch’attendi— Giulio Caccini
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Intavolatura di Lauto, Book 1: Toccata 5— Girolamo Kapsberger
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Locar sopra gl’abissi— Giovanni Puliaschi
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Io che nell’otio nacqui e d’otio vissi— Claudio Monteverdi
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Whittingham Faire (The Elfin Knight)— Anonymous
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Walsingham— Anonymous
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Greensleeves— Anonymous
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Go from my window— Anonymous
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Lord Darly— Anonymous
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Fortune, my foe— Anonymous
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My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home— Anonymous
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Farewell, adieu that courtly life— Anonymous
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Brave Lord Willoughby— Anonymous
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Yonder comes a courteous Knight— Anonymous
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La bouree— Anonymous
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Willie O’ Winsbury— Anonymous
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Gigue— Anonymous
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The Lovers’ Tasks (The Elfin Knight)— Anonymous
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Farewell, lovely Nancy— Anonymous
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Watkin’s Ale— Anonymous
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London’s Lotterie— Anonymous
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Barbara Ellen— Anonymous
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Untitled and Corne yairds— Anonymous
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Ane Scottis Dance— Anonymous
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London— Anonymous
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Scarborough Faire (The Elfin Knight)— Anonymous
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Orpheus, I am— Composer not established
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Amarilli, mia bella— Composer not established
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Amor ch´attendi— Composer not established
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Chi mi confort´ahimé— Composer not established
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Fire, fire— Composer not established
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Fain would I change that note— Composer not established
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I care not for these ladies— Composer not established
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Breake now my hearte— Composer not established
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The Souldiers Song— Composer not established
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Fortune my foe— Composer not established
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Fortuna Angloise— Composer not established
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Le beau Berger Tircis— Composer not established
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Qui veut chasser— Composer not established
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So beautie on the waters stood— Composer not established
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Never weather-beaten saile— Composer not established
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There is a lady— Composer not established
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Time stands still— Composer not established
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Tobacco— Composer not established
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O piante, o selve ombrose— Composer not established
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Deh chi d`alloro— Composer not established
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Move now with measured sound— Composer not established
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When I taste my goblet deep— Composer not established
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