Waits’ Music
Waits’ “signature tunes” & songs that mention Waits:
Chester Waits | mp3 | Bridge | ||
Colchester Waits | 1669, Apollo’s Banquet, John Playford | mp3 | Bridge | |
Edinburgh Waits | Hey Now the Day Daws (Lewis Winstock) | Langwill | ||
Edinburgh Waits | The Day It Daws (Fairfax ms.) | Langwill | ||
The Leeds Waits Wassail | 1800 (Earliest recorded version) | mp3 | Wassail | |
London Waits | mp3 | Bridge | ||
London Waits Songs | 1719, Pills to Purge Melancholy | mp3 | Oxford Journals | |
The Night Watch | 1599, Anthony Holborne | mp3 | Bridge | |
Oxford Waits | mp3 | Bridge | ||
Past One o’Clock | mp3 | Fiddler’s Companion | ||
Tower Hamlets Waits | c.1730, John Ravenscroft | mp3 | John Ravenscroft | |
The Waits | 1667, Jeremy Savile | mp3 | York Waits EMM | |
Warrington Waits | 1651-1728, John Playford | mp3 | Robert M. Keller | |
Worksop Waits | mp3 | Bridge | ||
York Waits | mp3 | Bridge | ||
Waits Jigg | 1690, Apollo’s Banquet, John Playford | mp3 | Bridge | |
The Moon Shines Bright | Hymns & Carols |
Tunes that Waits are mentioned as playing:
Britons Strike Home | 1695, Henry Purcell | mp3 | Leeds Waits, 1739 | |
The Crawshaw Manuscript | C18th – C19th | Page | Notes & Queries | |
Cuckolds all a-row | 1719, Pills to Purge Melancholy | mp3 | lyrics | |
God Save the King | 1745, Anon. | mp3 | The British Monarchy | |
Lilliburlero | c1700 – played by the City of London Waits | mp3 | pdf 1 | Ned Ward, The London Spy |
Minuet from Quartet in D minor | 1797, Joseph Haydn | William Gardiner | ||
Rule Britannia | 1740, Thomas Arne | mp3 | Leeds Waits | |
Sour Plums of Galashiels | c.1700-1750, Donald Maclean | mp3 | Brian E. McCandless | |
The Stamford Bullards | C14th – C19th | mp3 | lyrics |
Tunes that may have been written by Waits:
Courtly Masquing Ayres | 1587-1640, John Adson | mp3 | pdf, png | John Adson |
Air from Twenty Almandes and a Pavan in Six Parts | 1587-1640, John Adson | SEME 12 | John Adson | |
Fantasy (No.s 1-6) | c.1550-1633, Edward Blankes, London Waites | IMSLP | Notes & Queries 2008 | |
A Catch for 4 Voices | 1582, William Byrd | mp3 | Cambridge Waits, 1582 | |
Bruder Conrad’s Tanzmass | c.1555, Paul & Bartholomeus Hessen | mp3 | pdf p1 p2 | The Hessen Brothers |
Pastorella | c.1555, Paul & Bartholomeus Hessen | mp3 1 Nachtanz | pdf 1 Nachtanz | The Hessen Brothers |
Pastorumtanz | c.1555, Paul & Bartholomeus Hessen | mp3 | pdf 1 Nachtanz | The Hessen Brothers |
Tant Que Vivrai | c.1555, Paul & Bartholomeus Hessen | mp3 1 Nachtanz | pdf 1 Nachtanz | The Hessen Brothers |
Saraband | C17th, Simon Ives | mp3 | Simon Yves | |
Tower Hamlets Waits | John Ravenscroft | John Ravenscroft | ||
Abblasen | 1688, Gottfried Reiche | Gottfried Reiche |
Tunes arranged by Waits:
The Night Watch | Anthony Holborne (1545 – 1602) | mp3 2pt3pt 4pt | pdf/pdf 2pt3&4pt | Arr. Tony Pearson © 2007 |
Gresley MS | Anon – Early 15th Century | York Waits |