Can She Excuse My Wrongs
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"Can She Excuse My Wrongs" is a late 16th-century song by the English Renaissance composer John Dowland, the fifth song in his First Booke of Songes or Ayres. The words are set to a dance-tune, a gall
Young man, possibly the Earl of Essex, c.1588. Nicholas Hilliard, Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The galliard was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy.
Can She Excuse My Wrongs
…Renaissance composer John Dowland, the fifth song in his First Booke of Songes or Ayres (Peter Short, London 1597). The words are set to a dance-tune, a galliard. The song is associated with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason in 1601 after he rebelled against Elizabeth I. The song…
Galliard in Siena, Italy, 15th century
Unknown dancers performing lavolta. The painting is currently in Penshurst Place in Kent.