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The Ballad of Graysteil (1497) Music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Scotland

Music from the Middle and Renaissance in Scotland The Ballad of Graysteil (1497) publ. in the Straloch Lute Book 1627 Andy Hunter, Ballad singer Rob MacKillo...

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Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on June 11, 2014 at 10:01

Too bad this obscure gem has been absconded. Hope some of you here were able to enjoy it!?

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on February 25, 2014 at 18:44
Comment by William Douglas on February 24, 2014 at 20:05
Greysteil ("Graysteel") was a medieval poem popular in 16th century Scotland, set to music and performed for James IV and V of Scotland. The poem was also called Syr Egeir and Syr Gryme, Eger and Grime, the names of the two knights who fight Greysteil and whose contrasted virtues are the poem's real subject. The name of the protagonist, a strong and agile knight, opulent, tainted with the black-arts, and vanquished by a magic sword provided by a powerful woman, was adopted as a nickname for the 16th-century courtier, Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie See: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/families/douglas_of_kilspin...
Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on February 24, 2014 at 18:42
Thought this was an interesting and unusual little gem to add to the Douglas Archives.

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