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30 Unforeseen Facts About Anne Boleyn

Trista February 11, 2019 14 min

3. Anne Boleyn May Have Been a Composer

The only tangible evidence that Anne Boleyn owned this songbook is an inscription that reads “Mistres ABolleyne nowe thus’ – ‘nowe thus’ was her father’s motto. Classic FM.

A songbook that many believe may have belonged to Anne Boleyn is in the custody of London’s Royal College of Music. In 2016, the orchestra performed a selection of songs in the book, some of which may have actually been written by the queen about her feelings towards death in the face of her upcoming execution.