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Podcast: The Early Music Show
Episode: Richard III
Description: Lucie Skeaping and musicologist David Skinner consider the music that might have been heard by Richard III.In September last year archeologists from Leicester University made the exciting discovery in a car park of a Medieval skeleton which was later proved to be that of King Richard III. Thanks largely to Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard as a dysfunctional, ambitious and murderous villain, the character of the Yorkist king has been much discussed over the centuries, in spite of the fact that he was only on the English throne for two years before being killed at the Battle...