Melismata (Thomas Ravenscroft)

General Information

Title: Melismata. Musicall Phansies. Fitting the Court, Citie, and Countrey Humours. To 3, 4, and 5 Voyces.

Publication date and place: 1611 by Thomas Adams in London.

Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft

List of music

Court Varieties 1. Canst thou Love 2. Now flowres 3. Haste, haste, post haste 4. Will yee love me 5. Long have I beene perplext 6. Heigh ho, away the Mare Citie Rounds 7. Broomes for old shooes 8. I pray good Mother 9. My Mistries will not be content 10. I lay with an old man Citie Conceites 11. Where are you faire Maides 12. My master is so wise 13. Maides to bed 14. Oyes, Oyes (The Cryer's Song of Cheape-Side)

Country Rounds 15. He that will an Ale-House keepe 16. And seest thou my Cow 17. Kit and Tom chid a 18. Dery ding, dig, dasson 19. As I went by the way Country Pastimes 20. There were three ravens 21. The marriage of the frogge and the mouse 22. I have house and land in Kent 23. Remember O thou man

External links

• The Music of Thomas Ravenscroft - Melismata: An online resource which contains a description, a scanned facsimile, a list of all pieces, and some modern editions.

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Remember, O thou man	1611	Sacred	Carols	4	SATB
Canst thou love	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
Now flowres	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
Haste, haste, post haste	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
Will ye love me	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
Brooms for old shoes	1611	Secular	Canons	2	2 equal voices
I pray good Mother	1611	Secular	Canons	3	3 equal voices
My mistress will not be content	1611	Secular	Canons	3	3 equal voices
I lay with an old man	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
Where are you faire Maides	1611	Secular	Canons	5	SSATB
My master is so wise	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
Kit and Tom chid a	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
Dery ding, dig, dasson	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
As I went by the way	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
There were three ravens	1611	Secular	Partsongs	4	SATB
I have a house and land in Kent	1611	Secular	Canons	4	4 equal voices
And seest thou my cow	1611	Secular	Canons	3	3 equal voices
He that will an ale-house keepe	1611	Secular	Canons	1	3 equal voices
A Song of Pages	1611	Secular	Madrigals	3	SAB
Seruants out of Seruice	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
The Cryer's Song of Cheape-Side	1611	Secular	Partsongs	4	SATB
The marriage of the frogge and the mouse	1611	Secular	Madrigals	4	SATB
Mercuries song, the messenger of the gods	1611	Secular	Consort songs	5	SATTB