Episode 227 – Death Songs, Funeral Music & Execution Ballads with Brooke Little

Guest Bio

Brooke Little is a PhD Candidate in Musicology at Northwestern University who specializes in Tudor queens, music education and music performance at the sixteenth century English court. She holds a BM in Voice Performance (2005), MME in Vocal Music Education (2008) both from the University of Missouri-Columbia, as well as an MM in Musicology from the University of Missouri- Kansas City (2017). Her thesis “The Musical Education and Involvement of the Six Wives of Henry VIII”, focuses on questions of gender, sexuality, female education and performance in the first half of the English sixteenth century. 

You can find her on Instagram @LadyTudorMusic

Tune in to hear Natalie and Brooke discuss:

–  Musical events associated with the death/burial of each of the Tudor queens consort

– Tradition of execution ballads

– The ballad ‘The Death of Queen Jane’ & what clues it offers us into the birth of Prince Edward 

– ‘O Death Rock Me Asleep’

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