Who wrote Greensleeves?

Answer 1

ACTUALLY .....

A broadside Ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580[1] as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as "A New Courtly Sonnet of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves."

The tune is found in several late 16th century and early 17th century sources, such as Ballet's MS Lute Book and Het Luitboek van Thysius, as well as various manuscripts preserved in the Cambridge University libraries.

There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry's attempts to seduce her and this rejection may be referred to in the song when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously". However, Henry did not compose "Greensleeves", which is probably Elizabethan in origin and is based on an Italian style of composition that did not reach England until after his death!!!!!!!.[2]**Those who think it was Henry VIII is watching way too much " The Tudors**
it was originally thought that King Henry the eight of England wrote it for his wife at that time Anne Boleyn but that was the original version that is not the exact same as the version we know today.

Answer 2

According to the website below, Greensleeves is an old English ballad by an unknown composer. The legend is that King Henry VIII wrote the song, but this is highly unlikely because of the style of the piece. The song is written in Italinate style which did not appear in England until after Henry's death. Officially, Greensleeves remains under anonymous authorship.

Another Answer:

A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580[1] as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as "A New Courtly Sonnet of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves."

The tune is found in several late 16th century and early 17th century sources, such as Ballet's MS Lute Book and Het Luitboek van Thysius, as well as various manuscripts preserved in the Cambridge University libraries.

Another Answer:

There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry's attempts to seduce her and this rejection may be referred to in the song when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously". However, Henry did not compose "Greensleeves", which is probably Elizabethan in origin and is based on an Italian style of composition that did not reach England until after his death!

Answer 3

Although it is believed to have been composed by Henry VIII for the future queen, Anne Boleyn, there is no factual evidence that King Henry did in fact compose it.

Music scholars have attributed its origin to the Elizabethan times based on an Italian style, a style of music that did not reach England until after King Henry VIII's death.

Answer 4

Henry VIII wrote greensleaves he also played the lute and the harpsicord. he can even sing from sight.

Answer 5

Richard Jones.

Answer 6

I don’t. Know