Anonymous

Donald Macleod explores a rich and varied body of music gathered under a single name: Anonymous. Bringing together works whose creators were never recorded, later forgotten or deliberately obscured, the podcast traces how music can circulate and endure without a clear author. With contributions from Professor Lisa Colton and Professor Fay Hield, there is a focus on how anonymous works have been preserved, collected and sometimes reshaped over time, from medieval polyphony and early modern song to folk traditions passed down through generations. Along the way, questions emerge about authorship, ownership and how we listen to music when its origins are uncertain or shared.

Music featured includes:
Romance Anonimo (arr. Yepes) from Jeux interdits
Horn Concerto in E flat major
Three Medieval Dances: A que as cousas coitadas; Il Trotto; La Quarte Estampie Royal
Shallow Brown
Dances from Le Concert Royal de la Nuit (1653)
Three Modinhas from 18th Century Portugal
Neapolitan Songs: Barcarola napoletana; La favola dell'uccello grifone
La Messe de Tournai: Gloria; Credo
The Cruel Mother
The Bull Ring
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Three Dances (arr. Praetorius)
Attrib. Beethoven: Waltz in B flat major ‘Gertrude’s Dream Waltz’
Attrib. L. Mozart: Cassation in G major ‘Toy Symphony’
Mrs Philarmonica: Sonata Sesta in G major
Attrib. Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K.196e
Attrib. Brahms: Piano Trio in A major, Op. post.
El Cant de la Sibilla
The Banks of the Nile
Green Gravel
In Te Domine speravi
Three Medieval Dances
Sumer is icumen in
Agincourt Carol
O sponsa Dei electa
Three Worcester Fragments
Lovely on the Water
The Bloody Gardener
Old England Grown New
Three Cantigas de Santa María