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Tudor Music Hour Episode 16: Virginal Keyboard music

This episode of the Tudor Music Hour looked at music of the virginal.
Here’s a dropbox link to listen to the episode in full:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cx1da3la8twbpcx/Tudor%20Music%20Hour%20September%2016%20Virginals.mp3?dl=0

Here’s a great article on the history of the virginal, and how it reigned in Europe for a hundred years:
https://coloraturaconsulting.com/2014/03/25/instrument-biography-the-virginal/

Link to the album:
Buy it on Amazon
Or listen on Spotify
Vox Virginal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here’s a photo of Elizabeth’s Virginal in the V&A