“Ding Dong! Merrily on High” is a melody drawn from Johan Tabourot’s 1588 dance manual Orchésographie, where it functioned as an example of the “branle,” a lively commoner’s danc ...

A sprightly carol with a seemingly everlasting line of ‘Glorias’, Ding Dong! Merrily on High is one of world’s ... Its origins, perhaps unsurprisingly given its sprightly, agile tune, are in dance ...