in London - May, 1509
from Holinshead's description of the funeral of Henry VII, page 800:
[T]he body was brought in [to St Paul's] and placed in the quire ... [and there] was a song and solemne dirge and a mass with sermon ... the next daie were three masses solemnlie sang by bishops and at the last mass was offered ... and when the quire sang Libre me the body was put to earth.
cite as
Raphael Holinshead, Holinshead's description of the funeral of Henry VII. In The Firste (laste) volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande, volume 3/2 (London, 1577), p. 800. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1386508025980 accessed: 23 December, 2024
Listening to
hide composers| funeral of Henry VII | performed by choir |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | May, 1509 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by th4 on Sun, 08 Dec 2013 13:07:06 +0000