Pastime with good company (Henry VIII)
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= HELP- CPDL #17433: LilyPond Part Midis and Alternate Version Available
- Editor: Monique Rio (submitted 2008-07-03). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 261 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- CPDL #10930: MIDI and NoteWorthy Composer files
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-02-05). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 32 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Listed under: Tudor, Henry
- CPDL #10736: Sibelius 3
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 84 kbytes Copyright: 2006 Philip Legge
- Edition notes: Included in the TUMS Busking Book.
- CPDL #7429:
- Editor: Jim Cooke (submitted 2004-07-02). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 128 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SATB/tambourine or sim.
- CPDL #6753: Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.
- Editor: John D. Smith (submitted 2004-02-20). Score information: A4, 1 page Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer. All scores available in Scorch format, some are also available as PDF files.
- CPDL #6172: PDF and MIDI files available.
- Editor: Ted Dean (submitted 2003-12-04). Score information: A4, 2 pages Copyright: Personal
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- CPDL #4730: PDF, MIDI and Overture files available.
- Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2003-04-08). Score information: A4, 1 and 4 pages, 19 and 62 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Two versions STB (or ATB) available with slightly different harmonies, and a third version that includes elaborations by the editor of verses 2 & 3, up to SATBB.
- CPDL #2161: Finale 2001
- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2001-03-13). Score information: Unknown, 28 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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- CPDL #1185: Finale 1998
- Editor: François-Xavier Chauchat (submitted 2000-07-24). Score information: Unknown, 36 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Pastime with good company
Composer: Henry VIII
Number of voices: 3, 4vv Voicing: ATB, SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Some editions are ATB, some are rearranged for SATB, or have a S descant over the ATB score.
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Original text and translations
English text
- 1. Pastime with good company
- I love, and shall until I die.
- Gruch* who lust but none deny,
- So God be pleas'd thus live will I.
- For my pastance, hunt, sing, and dance, my heart is set
- All goodly sport, for my comfort, who shall me let?
* gruch: archaic form of grudge.
- 2. Youth must have some dalliance,
- of good or ill some pastance.
- Company methinks then best,
- all thoughts and fancies to digest.
- For idleness, is chief mistress of vices all
- Then who can say but mirth and play is best of all.
- 3. Company with honesty,
- Is virtue, vices to flee.
- Company is good and ill,
- but every man hath his free will.
- The best ensue, the worst eschew, my mind shall be
- Virtue to use, vice to refuse, thus shall I use me.
Italian translation
- 1. Amo passare il tempo in buona compagnia,
- e lo farò finché vivo.
- Mi invidi chi vuole, ma nessuno me lo neghi,
- e a Dio piacendo vivrò così.
- Per il mio tempo libero, cacciare, cantare e ballare, il mio cuore è pronto
- per i buoni passatempi, per il mio benessere, chi me lo permetterà*?
- 2. La gioventù deve innamorarsi,
- nel bene e nel male deve avere passatempi.
- Credo che la compagnia sia la miglior cura,
- per superare le fantasie e i pensieri.
- Poiché l'ozio è il padre di tutti i vizi
- chi non può dire che l'allegria e il gioco siano i migliori di tutti?
- 3. Un'onesta compagnia
- è virtù, e fugge i vizi.
- La compagnia è buona o cattiva,
- ma ogni uomo ha libera volontà.
- Seguire il bene, fuggire il male sarà il mio pensiero,
- ad usare la virtù, a rifiutare il vizio mi adopererò.
