How Vile Are The Sordid Intrigues Of The Town

  1. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    This is a song from a Restauration comedy, "The Marriage-Hater Match'd" (1683) by Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723). The incidental music for the play is by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), including the tune for this perky song. Tune and lyrics were later published in D'Urfey's "Pills To Purge Melancholy".

    Played as a mandolin quartet (two mandolins, tenor guitar and mandocello) based on a setting by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni from her Big Book Of Mandolin Trios, Vol. 3. Evelyn also included this tune in a free PDF "Election Collection" of tunes with titles that work as political commentary, posted to the Cafe at the time of the 2018 midterms. However, I can't find the thread now and suspect it got deleted for politcal content.

    1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin (x2)
    Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
    Suzuki MC-815 mandocello


    https://youtu.be/nQQDakNuAhc

    Martin
  2. Christian DP
    Christian DP
    No need to hide the Embergher, it sounds fine in your able hands, Martin.
  3. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    Thanks, Christian. The Embergher is a very fine instrument, but quite different in tone character to the Vinaccia. Always striking to switch. Also different ergonomically, with its extremely narrow nut (less than 1") and sloping radiussed fretboard.

    Martin
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