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{{Published|[[The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson)|The first sett, of Italian Madrigalls Englished]] | {{Published|1590|in [[The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson)|''The first sett, of Italian Madrigalls Englished'']], no. 8;|1611|in [[Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets (William Byrd)|''Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets…'']], no. 9}} | ||
'''Description:''' N.B. despite the title of Watson's publication, Byrd's madrigal is not based on an Italian original. The title continues ''There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master William Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine…'' Fellowes's monumentally careless scholarship is shown at its worst with regard to this publication, where he explains the "two excellent Madrigalls" as being the two separately-numbered sections of the 6-part setting of ''This sweet and merry month'', having failed to notice that the 4-part version is also included in the book. Needless to say, neither of these is in two sections, and each bears only one number. (E.H. Fellowes, ''William Byrd'' (OUP, 2nd ed. 1948), p.154) | '''Description:''' N.B. despite the title of Watson's publication, Byrd's madrigal is not based on an Italian original. The title continues ''There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master William Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine…'' Fellowes's monumentally careless scholarship is shown at its worst with regard to this publication, where he explains the "two excellent Madrigalls" as being the two separately-numbered sections of the 6-part setting of ''This sweet and merry month'', having failed to notice that the 4-part version is also included in the book. Needless to say, neither of these is in two sections, and each bears only one number. (E.H. Fellowes, ''William Byrd'' (OUP, 2nd ed. 1948), p.154) | ||
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- (Posted 2017-03-13) CPDL #43518:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-03-13). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SATB version. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- CPDL #18159: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-10-15). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 142 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: ATTB version. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: This sweet and merry month of May
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: ATTB or SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: N.B. despite the title of Watson's publication, Byrd's madrigal is not based on an Italian original. The title continues There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master William Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine… Fellowes's monumentally careless scholarship is shown at its worst with regard to this publication, where he explains the "two excellent Madrigalls" as being the two separately-numbered sections of the 6-part setting of This sweet and merry month, having failed to notice that the 4-part version is also included in the book. Needless to say, neither of these is in two sections, and each bears only one number. (E.H. Fellowes, William Byrd (OUP, 2nd ed. 1948), p.154)
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at This sweet and merry month of May.