My Lady Carey's Dompe Key G Dorian Year c. 1520s Genre Renaissance music Style Melancholic love song Occasion William Carey 's deathDedication To William Carey's wife. mother, and/or sisters
My Lady Carey's Dompe is a Renaissance musical piece , most probably written for lute and harpsichord . A traditional English dance tune, it was written c. 1520s by an unknown composer during the time of Henry VIII of England , who played various instruments, of which he had a large collection.[ 2] [ 3] [ 6]
History
My Lady Carey's Dompe is sometimes attributed to English innovative composer of the early Tudor period , Hugh Aston . It is in G Dorian mode and consists of an improvisatory treble line over a drone alternating between two bass notes, G and D. It may have been written for the death of William Carey , a courtier and favorite of Henry VIII, who died on 22 June 1528, and in this case, Lady Carey may refer to his wife Mary Boleyn , one of the mistresses of Henry VIII and the sister of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn , but also to Carey’s mother, sisters and sister-in-law. Dompe, which may come from Irish dump that means lament, can refer to a dance, a dirge, a lament or a melancholic love song.[ 3] [ 6]
The work appears in a single source written around 1530, British Library , manuscript Royal Appendix 58 (Roy. App. 58).[ 7]
Notable recordings
My Lady Carey's Dompe is in the repertoire of many artists including Igor Kipnis , Guy Bovet , Rafael Puyana , Ton Koopman , Peter Watchorn , André Isoir , Liuwe Tamminga , Paul O'Dette , David Munrow , Eduardo Paniagua , Brett Leighton , Grayston Burgess , Claudio Brizi .
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Album
Performer
Track #
Length
Record label
1990
Lullabies and Dances
Bill Crofut and The Crofut Consort
16
2:56
Albany Music Distribution (048)
1994
A Treasury of Harpsichord Favorites
Igor Kipnis
4
1:50
Music & Arts (CD-243)
1995
English Virginals Music
Sophie Yates
7
1:50
Chandos (CHAN0574)
Flower of All Ships: Tudor Court Music
Circa 1500
12
1:51
CRD (3448)
Guy Bovet à L'Orgue de la Basilique de Valère, Vol. 1
Guy Bovet
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—
Gallo (088)
The Golden Age of Harpsichord Music
Rafael Puyana
1
1:28
Mercury (434364)
1996
The Organ at Adlington Hall
Ton Koopman
1
1:47
Capriccio (255)
1997
The Mystic and the Muse
Ensemble Galilei Nancy Karpeles (percussion) Sue Richards (Celtic harp) Erin Shrader (Fiddle, guitar) Carolyn Anderson Surrick (viol) Sarah Weiner (oboe)
—
—
Dorian (90247)
1998
Millennium of Music, Vol. 1
—
17
2:25
Valley Entertainment (VLT 0000015023)
1999
Guide des Instruments de la Renaissance
Ensemble la Fenice
—
—
Ricercar (95001)
Shakespeare: The Greatest Hits
—
7 (CD 2)
4:02
Reference Recordings (3625)
Vox Virginalis
Rachelle Taylor
1
2:13
ATMA Classique (22197)
2000
Alessandro Orologio: Primo Libro delle Canzonette; Intrade a Cinque Voci
Il Terzo Suono Ensemble 1492 Dià-pasòn Gian Paolo Fagotto (conductor, tenor)
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—
Arts Music (47531)
2001
Court Jesters: Tudor Minstrel Music
Sirinu
3
2:20
Griffin (4013)
Music of Tudor and Jacobean England
Peter Watchorn
15 (CD 1)
2:27
Musica Omnia (0104)
Wondrous Machine: Early English Keyboard Music on the Organ of the Ospedaletto in Venice
Christopher Stembridge
4
1:21
Quilisma (302)
2002
Airs & Danses de la Vieille Europe
André Isoir
—
—
Disques Pierre Verany (787031)
2003
Basilicata
Liuwe Tamminga
3
1:59
Accent (21147)
L'Essor de l'Orgue en Europe de la Renaissance au Baroque
Jacques Kauffmann
5
2:11
Skarbo (1004)
The Classic Ocarina
Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet feat. Michael Copley
8
2:51
Dorian (93260)
The Royal Lewters
Paul O'Dette
5
2:49
Harmonia Mundi (907313)
2004
David Munrow: Henry VIII and His Six Wives
David Munrow
18
2:00
Testament (1250)
2005
Dictionary of Medieval & Renaissance Instruments
—
7 (CD 2)
1:47
Cantus (9705)
Madame d'Amours: Songs, Dances & Consort Music for the Six Wives of Henry VIII
Musica Antiqua of London
7
2:21
Signum Classics (Signum UK 044)
Musica cortesana en la Europa de Juana I de Castilla
Música Antigua, Eduardo Paniagua
1
4:32
Karonte / Pneuma Classics (PN710)
Musik für Orgel und Zink auf der ältesten spielbaren Orgel der Welt
Brett Leighton
25
2:10
Motette (20321)
2007
Music to Entertain Henry VIII
Grayston Burgess , Purcell Consort of Voices
17
0:55
Argo (4758582)
2008
The World's Greatest Composers [Collector's Edition Music Tin]
—
9 (CD 4)
1:09
Madacy (52955)
2010
Les Grandes Orgues de Gérardmer
Jacques Kauffmann
1
1:52
Skarbo (1095)
2011
Tears of Joy: English Lute Songs and Secular Music
Zefiro Torna
13 (CD 1)
2:14
EtCetera / Klara (KTC 4038)
2012
Renaissance & Danses Baroques
Barok Ensemble
10
1:33
Loreley (LY 049)
2013
Claviorgan Wonderland
Claudio Brizi
5
2:28
Camerata Records (CMCD 28244)
Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 2
Rafael Puyana
1 (CD 50)
1:29
Decca / Mercury (4785092)
2018
An Evening Hymn
Anton Batagov
12
5:23
JSC "Firma Melodiya"
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