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    Default Ding Dong Merrily On High (Branle de'l Official, 1589)

    Thoinot Arbeau: Branle de'l Official (Orchésographie, 1589)
    Arranged by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni.
    From "Evelyn's Big Book for Mandolins 2015" (available from Amazon).

    This is a renaissance dance tune from one of the principal collections of early dance music, the "Orchésographie" by Thoinot Arbeau (1519-1595).

    The tune is now, however, overwhelmingly known as the Christmas carol "Ding Dong Merrily On High" after words were added by George Ratcliffe Woodward in 1924.

    This arrangement (thanks, Evelyn!) is for contra dance band, taking it away from the carol and back to its roots as a dance tune. Played on two mandolins and two tenor guitars.

    1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
    Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
    Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
    Ozark tenor guitar



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    Default Re: Ding Dong Merrily On High (Branle de'l Official, 1589)

    Very nice. Thanks.

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