''The Lady and the Unicorn'' is the 1970 solo album by British folk musician John Renbourn. On this release, Renbourn ventures into

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and

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territory. The first four tracks are arranged from the

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manuscript. The cover was taken from

The Lady and the Unicorn ''The Lady and the Unicorn'' (french: La Dame à la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries created in the style of ("thousand flowers") and woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs (" cartoons") drawn in Par ...

tapestry.

Track listing

*1.1."Trotto" (Anonymous) – 0:40 *1.2."Saltarrello" (Anonymous) – 1:53 *2.1."Lamento Di Tristan" (Anonymous) – 1:58 *2.2."La Rotta" (Anonymous) – 0:55 *3.1."Veri Floris" (Anonymous) – 0:44 *3.2."Triple Ballade (Sanscuer-Amordolens-Dameparvous)" (

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) – 2:00 *4.1."Bransle Gay" ( Claude Gervaise) – 1:13 *4.2."Bransle De Bourgogne" ( Robert Johnson)– 1:34 *5.1."Alman" (Anonymous)– 1:25 *5.2."Melancholy Galliard" ( John Dowland) – 2:47 *6."Sarabande" (

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

) – 2:41 *7."The Lady And The Unicorn" (John Renbourn) – 3:21 *8.1."My Johnny Was A Shoemaker" (Traditional) – 4:16 *8.2."

Westron Wynde ''Westron Wynde'' is an early 16th-century song whose tune was used as the basis (cantus firmus) of Masses by English composers John Taverner, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard. The tune first appears with words in a partbook of around 1530, cata ...

" (Traditional) – 1:25 *8.3." Scarborough Fair" (Traditional) – 7:22

Personnel

* John Renbourn – guitar, sitar *

Terry Cox Terence William Harvey 'Terry' Cox (born 13 March 1937, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) played drums in the British folk rock bands The Pentangle, Duffy's Nucleus and Humblebums. He also drummed with several other artists, most notably Da ...

– hand drums, glockenspiel *Lea Nicholson – concertina *

Ray Warleigh Raymond Kenneth Warleigh (28 September 1938 – 21 September 2015) was an Australian alto saxophonist and flautist. Biography Ray Warleigh was born in Sydney, Australia, and migrated to England in 1960, where he quickly established himself as an ...

– flute *Tony Roberts – flute *

Don Harper Don Harper (192130 May 1999) was an Australian composer. Born in Melbourne in 1921, Don Harper showed an interest in music from an early age, learning to play the violin as a child. His formal study began at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, ...

– viola * Dave Swarbrick – violin

Production

*Producer: Bill Leader *Liner notes: Colin Harper

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lady and the Unicorn 1970 albums John Renbourn albums Reprise Records albums Transatlantic Records albums Albums produced by Bill Leader