1894-09 to Arnold Dolmetsch

Menu of Letters 1894

Aet. 42, to a musician and instrument maker. “La My” is an anonymous composition of the medieval to early Renaissance period, often performed by recorder ensembles and vocalists. The medieval devotional song “A, gentill Jhesu” was composed  by Sheryngham with lyrics by John Lydgate.

The question in this letter would be included in Chapter 2 of Evelyn Innes (1898). A technical explanation for the illusion of false notes appeared on pages16-17.

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