The popular Christmas carol "Ding Dong! Merrily On High" is based on a French renaissance dance from Thoinot Arbeau's Orchésographie. In this video, I look at the tune and play two arrangements of it. The descriptions of the various dances are taken from Mary Stewart Evans's translation (see below).

The arrangements are taken from my book, Music from Thoinot Arbeau's Orchésographie arranged for ocarina, which is available at https://preecemusic.com/orchesographie-ocarina

Instruments used in this video: Thorn Wych "box" linear ocarina in G John Langley "concert" pendant ocarinas in D and G (alto, tenor, bass, great bass)

Sources:

• Orchésographie (Thoinot Arbeau) - translated by Mary Stewart Evans with notes by Julia Sutton (ISBN 0-486-21745-0)
• The Cambridge Carol Book via http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Images/Woodward-Cambridge/table_of_contents.htm

Like all of my videos, the audio is recorded first on the instruments depicted and edited for timing and intonation, and the video is recorded separately and synced to the audio track, which is why it doesn't always match exactly!

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