Pammelia is an English collection of vocal rounds and canons, first published in England by Thomas Ravenscroft in 1609. It was the first collection of its type, and was followed by Deuteromelia, which was also published in 1609. It consists of 100 anonymous pieces for three to ten voices. A second edition was printed in 1618. ...
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(from the article `Ravenscroft, Thomas`) His secular collections are full of interest for the historian of popular music. Pammelia (1609), containing 100 catches and rounds, was the first ... Literary evidence shows that catch singing was a popular social activity in the 16th century, although the first published collection was Thomas ....
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