The Oxford Book of English Madrigals
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The Oxford Book of English Madrigals

Catalogue No: 9780193436640
Vocal score

ArrangementSATB
Product FormatSheet Music
Edition TypeVocal Score
ComposerPhilip Ledger
£24.50
Typically dispatched in 3-4 working days
Pages408
Publication Date09 November 1978
ISBN9780193436640 (0193436647)

This book presents 60 of the very best madrigals for SATB, chosen from the many hundreds of possible candidates. The major composers of the genre are each represented by several madrigals and the lesser figures by one or more.

Contents

  1. Bateson: Those Sweet Delightful Lilies
  2. Bennet: All Creature Now
  3. Bennet: Weep, O Mine Eyes
  4. Byrd: Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
  5. Byrd: This Sweet and Merry Month of May
  6. Byrd: Though Amaryllis Dance
  7. Cavendish: Come, Gentle Swains
  8. East: Poor is the Life
  9. East: Quick, Quick, Away, Dispatch!
  10. East: No Haste But Good!
  11. Farmer: Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling
  12. Farmer: Fair Phyllis I Saw
  13. Farnaby: Consture My Meaning
  14. Gibbons: Ah, Dear Heart
  15. Gibbons: Dainty Fine Bird
  16. Gibbons: O That the Learned Poets
  17. Gibbons: The Silver Swan
  18. Gibbons: Trust Not Too Much, Fair Youth
  19. Gibbons: What is our Life?
  20. Greaves: Come Away, Sweet Love
  21. Kirbye: See What a Maze of Error
  22. Morley: April is in my Mistress' Face
  23. Morley: Fyer, Fyer!
  24. Morley: Hard by a Crystal Fountain
  25. Morley: I Love, Alas, I Love Thee
  26. Morley: Leave, Alas, This Tormenting
  27. Morley: My Bonny Lass She Smileth
  28. Morley: Now is the Month of Maying
  29. Morley: Sing We and Chant It
  30. Morley: Though Philomela Lost Her Love
  31. Morley: Whither Away So Fast?
  32. Ramsey: Sleep, Fleshly Birth
  33. Tomkins: Adieu, Ye City-Prisoning Towers
  34. Tomkins: Music Divine
  35. Tomkins: O Yes! Has any Found a Lad?
  36. Tomkins: See, See the Shepherds' Queen
  37. Tomkins: Too Much I Once Lamented
  38. Vautor: Mother, I Will Have a Husband
  39. Vautor: Sweet Suffolk Owl
  40. Ward: Come, Sable Night
  41. Weelkes: As Vesta Was
  42. Weelkes: Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho!
  43. Weelkes: Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints
  44. Weelkes: O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch Me
  45. Weelkes: Hence, Care, Thou Art Too Cruel
  46. Weelkes: Since Robin Hood
  47. Weelkes: Sing We At Pleasure
  48. Weelkes: Strike It Up, Tabor
  49. Weelkes: Thule the Period of Cosmography
  50. Weelkes: The Andalusian Merchant
  51. Weelkes: Thus Sings My Dearest Jewel
  52. Wilbye: Adieu Sweet Amaryllis
  53. Wilbye: Draw On, Sweet Night
  54. Wilbye: Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers
  55. Wilbye: Lady, When I Behold
  56. Wilbye: O What Shall I Do?
  57. Wilbye: Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees
  58. Wilbye: Yet, Sweet, Take Heed
  59. Wilbye: Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes
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