Almayne (English 17th-Century Air), Op. 71

Composer: GIBBS, Armstrong
  • Gibbs composed this piece for string orchestra in 1932.1 It was broadcast by the BBC on April 16 of that year.2
  • The tune, described by Gibbs as an “English 17th-century air,” comes from Elizabeth Rogers’ Virginal Book, a commonplace book dating from 1656.3
  • “Almayne” is an anglicized name for the genre Allemande.

Sources

  1. “Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong: Almayne op. 71 (1932),” Boosey & Hawkes, accessed October 9, 2019, https://www.boosey.com/licensing/music/Cecil-Armstrong-Gibbs-Almayne/4638.
  2. Lewis Foreman, liner notes to Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell, Guildhall Strings, Hyperion A67093, CD, 1999.
  3. Ibid.

Cut IDs

15121