Talk:Ding Dong! Merrily on high (Traditional)

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Composer

The earliest source for the tune (Branle de l'Official) appears to be Thoinot Arbeau's Orchésographie (see this page and this one). Since we already have a page for Arbeau, would it be best to attribute this tune to him, and to explain its background on the 'Ding Dong' page - or is there a reasoning for putting it at 'Traditional', that the tune may have been circulating more generally at the time, and just noted down by Arbeau, rather than composed by him? Cydonia 16:28, 30 May 2012 (CDT)

As the editor of the most recent music sheet here I wondered about this as well. I did not do any in-depth research about the melody composer but copied the text notes verbatim - I prepared the music sheet as performance material. Of course "Traditional" is often a short-hand of "there was/there must have been a melody inventor but nae bother", the "Anonymous" is more honestly like "someone else has dropped the composer's name". If it turns out that Melody by Arbeau and Harmony by Wood is a proper attribution then I am happy to update the score accordingly. -- KlausFoehl 09:27, 31 May 2012 (CDT)