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Early Tudor Songs and Carols

Ref: MB36 ISBN: 9780852494004ISMN: 9790220205934 Categories: , ,

£110.00

Edited by John Stevens
First published in 1975
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 20
Weight: 1.141kg

Previously unpublished secular songs from the Ritson Manuscript and the Fayrfax Manuscript form the substance of this volume, which complements MB18 to offer a fairly comprehensive picture of English vernacular polyphony in the century before the Reformation.

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CONTENTS

ComposerTitle
ANONYMOUSAbsence of you
ANONYMOUSAfraid, alas, and why so suddenly?
ANONYMOUSAh, my dear, ah, my dear son
ANONYMOUSAh, my heart, I know you well
ANONYMOUSAlone, alone: As I me walked
ANONYMOUSAlone, alone: here I am myself
ANONYMOUSAlone, alone, mourning alone
ANONYMOUSBe it known to all that bin here
ANONYMOUSBe peace! Ye make me spill my ale!
ANONYMOUSCome over the burn, Bessy
ANONYMOUSComplain I may
ANONYMOUSDeemed wrongfully in absent
ANONYMOUSFair and discreet
ANONYMOUSHey ho, the mavis on a brere
ANONYMOUSHigh desire, The
ANONYMOUSHow shall I please?
ANONYMOUSI have been a foster
ANONYMOUSIn a slumber late as I was
ANONYMOUSIn wilderness there found I Bess
ANONYMOUS… I pray daily their pains
ANONYMOUSLove fain would I
ANONYMOUSMadame, defrain!
ANONYMOUSMy heart is in great mourning
ANONYMOUSMy woeful heart
ANONYMOUSNow help, fortune
ANONYMOUSO blessed Lord, how may this be?
ANONYMOUSSmall pathes to the greenwood
ANONYMOUSSo put in fear I dare not speak
ANONYMOUSThat was my joy is now my woe
ANONYMOUSThis day day daws
ANONYMOUSThou man, envired with temptation
ANONYMOUSUp I arose in verno tempore
ANONYMOUSVotre trey dowce regaunt (tenor from Binchois)
ANONYMOUSWho shall have my fair lady?
BANISTER, GilbertMy fearful dream
BROWNE, JohnJesu, mercy, how may this be?
BROWNE, JohnMargaret meek
BROWNE, JohnWoefully arrayed
CORNISH, WilliamWoefully arrayed
CORNISH, William (Jnr)Ay, besherew you!
CORNISH, William (Jnr)Hoyda, hoyda, jolly rutterkin
DAVY, RichardAh, blessed Jesu, how fortuned this?
DAVY, RichardAh, mine heart, remember thee well
DAVY, RichardJoan is sick and ill at ease
DAVY, RichardNow the law is led
FAYRFAX, RobertAlas, for lack of her presence
FAYRFAX, Robert (attrib.)Benedicite! What dreamed I?
FAYRFAX, RobertI love, loved, and loved would I be
FAYRFAX, RobertMost clear of colour
FAYRFAX, RobertSomewhat musing
FAYRFAX, RobertThat was my woe is now my most
FAYRFAX, Robert (attrib.)To complain me, alas
HAMSHERE, RichardLet search your mindes eye
HENRY VIII (attrib.)Pastime with good company
NEWARK, WilliamBut why am I so abused?
NEWARK, WilliamO my desire, what aileth thee?
NEWARK, WilliamSo far I trow from remedy
NEWARK, WilliamThe farther I go, the more behind
NEWARK, WilliamThus musing in my mind
NEWARK, WilliamWhat causeth me woeful thoughtes
NEWARK, WilliamYour counterfeiting
PHILIPPS, ThomasI love, I love, and whom love ye?
SHERYNGHAMAh, gentle Jesu
SHERYNGHAMMy woeful heart in painful weariness
TURGES, EdmundAlas, it is I
TURGES, EdmundEnforce yourself as Goddes knight
TURGES, EdmundFrom stormy windes
TURGES, EdmundI am he that hath you daily served
TUTOR, John (TUDER)O root of truth, O princess
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