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===={{NoCo|First Book of Ballets}} - 1595==== | ===={{NoCo|First Book of Ballets}} - {{NoCo|Primo Libro dei Balletti}} - 1595==== | ||
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#{{NoCo|Dainty fine sweet nymph}} | #{{NoCo|Dainty fine sweet nymph}} - {{NoCo|Vezzosette Ninfe}} | ||
#{{NoCo|Shoot, false Love, I care not}} | #{{NoCo|Shoot, false Love, I care not}} - {{NoCo|Viver lieto voglio}} | ||
#{{NoCo|Now is the month of maying}} | #{{NoCo|Now is the month of maying}} - {{NoCo|So ben mi c'ha bon tempo}} | ||
#{{NoCo|Sing we and chant it}} | #{{NoCo|Sing we and chant it}} - {{NoCo|A lieta vita}} | ||
#{{NoCo|Singing alone}} | #{{NoCo|Singing alone}} - {{NoCo|Amore l'altro giorno}} | ||
#{{NoCo|No, no, no, no, Nigella}} | #{{NoCo|No, no, no, no, Nigella}} - {{NoCo|Possa morir chi t'ama}} | ||
#{{NoCo|My bonny lass she smileth}} | #{{NoCo|My bonny lass she smileth}} - {{NoCo|Questa dolce sirena}} | ||
#{{NoCo|I saw my lovely Phillis}} | #{{NoCo|I saw my lovely Phillis}} - {{NoCo|Madonna mia gentile}} | ||
#{{NoCo|What saith my dainty darling|What saith my dainty darling?}} | #{{NoCo|What saith my dainty darling|What saith my dainty darling?}} - {{NoCo|Piacer gioia e diletto}} | ||
#{{NoCo|Thus saith my Galatea}} | #{{NoCo|Thus saith my Galatea}} - {{NoCo|Al piacer alla gioia}} | ||
#{{NoCo|About the maypole}} | #{{NoCo|About the maypole}} - {{NoCo|Al suon d'una sampogna}} | ||
#{{NoCo|My lovely wanton jewel}} | #{{NoCo|My lovely wanton jewel}} - {{NoCo|La bella Ninfa mia}} | ||
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: 13. {{NoCo|You that wont to my pipes sound (Lirum lirum)|You that wont to my pipe's sound}} | : 13. {{NoCo|You that wont to my pipes sound (Lirum lirum)|You that wont to my pipe's sound}} - {{NoCo|Ninfe belle e voi Pastor}} | ||
: 14. {{NoCo|Fyer, fyer}} | : 14. {{NoCo|Fyer, fyer}} - {{NoCo|A la strada, a Dio!}} | ||
: 15. {{NoCo|Those dainty daffadillies}} | : 15. {{NoCo|Those dainty daffadillies}} - {{NoCo|Le rose fronde e fiori}} | ||
: 16. {{NoCo|Lady, those cherries plenty}} | : 16. {{NoCo|Lady, those cherries plenty}} - {{NoCo|Al primo vostro sguardo}} | ||
: 17. {{NoCo|I love, alas, I love thee}} | : 17. {{NoCo|I love, alas, I love thee}} - {{NoCo|Inamorato sono}} | ||
: 18. {{NoCo|Lo, she flies}} | : 18. {{NoCo|Lo, she flies}} - {{NoCo|Fugirò}} | ||
: 19. {{NoCo|Leave, alas, this tormenting}} | : 19. {{NoCo|Leave, alas, this tormenting}} - {{NoCo|Non mi date tormento}} | ||
: 20. {{NoCo|Why weeps alas|Why weeps, alas, my lady?}} | : 20. {{NoCo|Why weeps alas|Why weeps, alas, my lady?}} - {{NoCo|Non dubitar}} | ||
Included in the 2<sup>nd</sup> edition published in 1600, the following piece is to seven voices<br /> | Included in the 2<sup>nd</sup> edition published in 1600, the following piece is to seven voices<br /> | ||
: 21. {{NoCo|Phillis, I fain would die now}} | : 21. {{NoCo|Phillis, I fain would die now}} - {{NoCo|Filli. Dialogo a 7}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 19 October 2020
Life
Born: c. 1557
Died: 1602
Biography
The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 1 (William Boyce) reads:
Thomas Morley was admitted Batchelor in Music at Oxford, 1588, and became Gentleman of the Royal Chapels to Queen Elizabeth, in 1592. He publish'd a learned Treatise in 1597, entitled A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Musicke, which he dedicated to William Bird, who had been his Master. He died in 1602.
View the Wikipedia article on Thomas Morley.
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Thomas Morley compositions
Sacred music
Burial service
Other sacred music
Secular music
Canzonets or Little Short Songs to foure Voyces selected from Italian composers
E.H. Fellowes included these (un-numbered) in his edition of Madrigals to Four voices.
- My heart, why hast thou taken
- Still it frieth (3 editions available)
Canzonets to Three Voices - 1593
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The following pieces were included in a 2nd edition, published in 1606. |
Madrigals to Four Voices - 1594
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Canzonets to Two Voices - 1595
First Book of Ballets - Primo Libro dei Balletti - 1595
Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices - 1597
A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicalle Musicke - 1597
Included as an example, this piece was included by E. H. Fellowes in his re-publication of Canzonets to Three Voices.
- O sleep, fond fancy (2 editions available)
Shown as a wordless “air” in Morley’s book. Thurston Dart set these words to it from a piece by Thomas Bateson published in his First Set of Madrigals (1604).
- O fly not, love (2 editions available) Haec dies is also set to this music.
First Book of Ayres - 1600
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Triumphs of Oriana - 1601
Other secular music
Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)
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Publications
- Canzonets to Three Voices 1593
- Madrigals to Four Voices 1594
- Canzonets to Two Voices 1595
- First Book of Ballets 1595
- Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices 1597
- First Book of Ayres 1600
External links
- Works by Thomas Morley in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)