English stage jigs were not simply dances, but bawdy musical-theatrical farces concocted of popular tunes with new words added that flourished in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Notorious for their explicit lewdness and vulgarity, they were usually performed after a serious drama (and some playwrights deplored them for luring disreputable elements into the theater). The music for the most part was melodically mundane, primarily a vehicle for conveying the scurrilous, often scatological lyrics and lurid ...
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English stage jigs were not simply dances, but bawdy musical-theatrical farces concocted of popular tunes with new words added that flourished in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Notorious for their explicit lewdness and vulgarity, they were usually performed after a serious drama (and some playwrights deplored them for luring disreputable elements into the theater). The music for the most part was melodically mundane, primarily a vehicle for conveying the scurrilous, often scatological lyrics and lurid dramatic situations, and for showcasing the comic talents of the singing actors. The City Waites, an ensemble specializing in the performance practice of English music of the period, is the ideal group to resurrect this archaic music form. The group has performed these dramatic jigs on-stage and its members have the comic timing down pat. The characterizations are broad and low, and there are ample sound effects to enhance the realism of the performances. The listener's appreciation for...
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