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10/6/2024
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern

Concert

Montclair Early Music is proud to present a Halloween-themed concert on October 6th at the Montclair Library. One of the songs you can expect to hear will be The Three Ravens. 

The Three Ravens is an old English folk ballad first published in 1611 in the songbook Melismata, compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft. However, the song is believed to have much older origins. The ballad introduces three scavenger birds conversing about where and what they should eat. One tells the others of a newly slain knight in sight, from which they might make a meal, but they find he is guarded by his loyal hawks and hounds.
Near the end, we are told of an approaching "fallow doe," a metaphor for the knight's pregnant lover, who comes to his body, kisses his wounds, bears him away, and buries him, leaving the ravens without a meal.

To hear this tale, and other haunting tunes, join us on October 6 for a special concert presentation at the Montclair Library.
The event is free but registration is requested:
https://montclairlibrary.libnet.info/event/11759285
We hope to see you there:
50 South Fullerton Ave, Montclair, 3:30-4:30, Sunday, October 6.
Accessible.
Artwork: "The Three Ravens" Edward Frederick Brewtnall (1846-1902)

Montclair Library
50 South Fullerton Ave
Montclair, NJ

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