The Oxford Book of English Madrigals

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The Oxford Book of English Madrigals
Oxford Book of English Madrigals.jpg
Editor Philip Ledger
Cover artist Jan Brueghel the Elder & Peter Paul Rubens
LanguageEnglish
Subject Sheet Music - Folk & Traditional
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
1978
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages403
ISBN 978-0-19-343664-0
Website OUP.com

The Oxford Book of English Madrigals was edited by Philip Ledger, and published in 1978 by the Oxford University Press. It contains words and full music for some 60 of the madrigals and songs of the English Madrigal School.

Contents

When selecting works for this book, Ledger decided to represent the major composers of 16th-century English music such as William Byrd and Thomas Morley with several madrigals, alongside individual works by lesser-known composers. Ledger collaborated with Andrew Parker, a musicologist from King's College, Cambridge, who researched texts to the songs and supplemented the collection with annotations and critical commentary. [1]

In 1978, the choral group Pro Cantione Antiqua released a recording, directed by Ledger, of selected songs from this book. [2]

Contents

The collection contains the following madrigals:

ComposerMadrigal
Thomas Bateson Those sweet delightful lilies
John Bennet All creatures now
John Bennet Weep, O mine eyes
William Byrd Lullaby, my sweet little baby
William ByrdThis sweet and merry month of May
William ByrdThough Amaryllis dance
Michael Cavendish Come, gentle swains
Michael East Poor is the life
Michael EastQuick, quick, away, dispatch!
Michael East(*No haste, but good!)
John Farmer Fair nymphs, I heard one telling
John Farmer Fair Phyllis I saw
Giles Farnaby Consture my meaning
Orlando Gibbons Ah, dear heart
Orlando GibbonsDainty fine bird
Orlando GibbonsOh that the learned poets
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan
Orlando GibbonsTrust not too much, fair youth
Orlando GibbonsWhat is our life?
Thomas Greaves Come away sweet love
George Kirbye See what a maze of error
Thomas Morley April is in my mistress' face
Thomas Morley Fyer, fyer!
Thomas MorleyHard by a crystal fountain
Thomas Morley I love, alas, I love thee
Thomas MorleyLeave, alas, this tormenting
Thomas Morley My bonny lass she smileth
Thomas Morley Now is the month of maying
Thomas Morley Sing we and chant it
Thomas MorleyThough Philomela lost her love
Thomas MorleyWhither away so fast
Robert Ramsey Sleep, fleshly birth
Thomas Tomkins Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers
Thomas TomkinsMusic divine
Thomas TomkinsOh yes, has any found a lad?
Thomas TomkinsSee, see the shepherds' queen
Thomas TomkinsToo much I once lamented
Thomas Vautor Mother, I will have a husband
Thomas VautorSweet Suffolk owl
John Ward Come sable night
John WardOut from the vale
Thomas Weelkes As Vesta was
Thomas WeelkesCome, sirrah Jack, ho!
Thomas WeelkesHark, all ye lovely saints
Thomas WeelkesO care, thou wilt despatch me
Thomas Weelkes(*Hence care, thou art too cruel)
Thomas Weelkes Since Robin Hood
Thomas WeelkesSing we at pleasure
Thomas WeelkesStrike it up, tabor
Thomas WeelkesThule, the period of cosmography
Thomas Weelkes (*The Andalusian merchant)
Thomas WeelkesThus sings my dearest jewel
John Wilbye Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
John Wilbye Draw on, sweet night
John Wilbye Flora gave me fairest flowers
John WilbyeLady, when I behold
John WilbyeO what shall I do
John Wilbye Sweet honey-sucking bees
John Wilbye(*Yet, sweet, take heed)
John Wilbye Weep, weep, mine eyes

(*) = second parts

See also

References

  1. Milsom, John (1 October 1983). "Music" . Early Music. 11 (4): 545–547. doi:10.1093/earlyj/11.4.545. ISSN   0306-1078. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. Henry, Derrick (1983). The Listener's Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Music (1. Aufl. ed.). New York, N.Y.: Facts on File. p.  132. ISBN   9780871967510.