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Title: The Oxford Book of English Madrigals
Editors / Compilers: Philip Ledger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (webpage for purchase)
Price: £15.95 (paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-19-343664-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-343664-0
Voicing of works: SATB and divisi thereupon
Date of Publication: 9 November 1978
Description: 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
Tip: Titles in the left column which appear in blue are hyperlinks to the score page on CPDL - click on them for free editions.
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| Title
| Composer
|
| 1
| All creatures now
| John Bennett
|
| 2
| Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
| John Wilbye
|
| 3
| Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers
| Thomas Tomkins
|
| 4
| Ah, dear heart
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 5
| April is in my mistress' face
| Thomas Morley
|
| 6
| As Vesta was
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 7
| Come away, sweet love
| Thomas Greaves
|
| 8
| Come, gentle swains
| Michael Cavendish
|
| 9
| Come, sable night
| John Ward
|
| 10
| Consture my meaning
| Giles Farnaby
|
| 11
| Come, sirrah Jack, ho!
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 12
| Dainty fine bird
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 13
| Draw on, sweet Night
| John Wilbye
|
| 14
| Fair nymphs, I heard one telling
| John Farmer
|
| 15
| Flora gave me fairest flowers
| John Wilbye
|
| 16
| Fair Phyllis I saw
| John Farmer
|
| 17
| Fyer, fyer!
| Thomas Morley
|
| 18
| Hard by a crystal fountain
| Thomas Morley
|
| 19
| Hark, all ye lovely saints
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 20
| Lady, when I behold
| John Wilbye
|
| 21
| I love, alas, I love thee
| Thomas Morley
|
| 22
| Leave, alas, this tormenting
| Thomas Morley
|
| 23
| Lullaby, my sweet little baby
| William Byrd
|
| 24
| Mother, I will have a husband
| Thomas Vautor
|
| 25
| Music divine
| Thomas Tomkins
|
| 26
| My bonny lass she smileth
| Thomas Morley
|
| 27
| Now is the month of maying
| Thomas Morley
|
| 28
| O Care, thou wilt despatch me
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 29
| Hence, Care, thou art too cruel
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 30
| Out from the vale
| John Ward
|
| 31
| O what shall I do?
| John Wilbye
|
| 32
| O yes! has any found a lad?
| Thomas Tomkins
|
| 33
| O that the learned poets
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 34
| Poor is the life
| Michael East
|
| 35
| Quick, quick, away, dispatch!
| Michael East
|
| 36
| No haste but good
| Michael East
|
| 37
| See, see the shepherds' queen
| Thomas Tomkins
|
| 38
| Since Robin Hood
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 39
| See what a maze of error
| George Kirbye
|
| 40
| Sing we and chant it
| Thomas Morley
|
| 41
| Strike it up, Tabor
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 42
| Sing we at pleasure
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 43
| Sleep, fleshly birth
| Robert Ramsey
|
| 44
| Sweet honey-sucking bees
| John Wilbye
|
| 45
| Yet, sweet, take heed
| John Wilbye
|
| 46
| Sweet suffolk owl
| Thomas Vautor
|
| 47
| The silver swan
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 48
| This sweet and merry month of May
| William Byrd
|
| 49
| Though Amaryllis dance
| William Byrd
|
| 50
| Though Philomela lost her love
| Thomas Morley
|
| 51
| Those sweet delightful lilies
| Thomas Bateson
|
| 52
| Thule, the period of cosmography
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 53
| The Andalusian merchant
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 54
| Thus sings my dearest jewel
| Thomas Weelkes
|
| 55
| Too much I once lamented
| Thomas Tomkins
|
| 56
| Trust not too much, fair Youth
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 57
| Weep, O mine eyes
| John Bennet
|
| 58
| Weep, weep, mine eyes
| John Wilbye
|
| 59
| What is our life?
| Orlando Gibbons
|
| 60
| Whither away so fast?
| Thomas Morley
|
