by Tony WalduckComposed by: Thomas MorleyAs I am very interested in English madrigals, I use my Hybrid Music System to enable me to study the structure of these songs, and to help me learn the parts.
Typically, a madrigal is written for between 3 and 5 parts (sometimes more) which intertwine and harmonise in a most pleasant manner. It is also generally the case that each of the parts has an interesting musical melody on its own, so singing isolated parts can be a pleasing step before singing in a group. I have written programs like this more for me to be able to study the parts and sing along with them, rather than as final, finished performances. The choice of instruments is more for convenience than for effect. Tony Walduck To play all parts together type 'RUN'. To play any individual part against a background of the others type the part name, i.e. 'cantus', 'altus', 'quintus', 'tenor', or 'bassus'. To play these individual parts in succession, type 'RUN2'. To play any part completely alone, prefix the part name by 'solo' (e.g. 'solocantus', 'soloquintus'). From The Oxford Book of English Madrigals, ed. Philip Ledger. | Now is the month of maying, When merry lads are playing, Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) | Each with his bonny lass Upon the greeny grass. Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) | The Spring, clad all in gladness, Doth laugh at Winter's sadness, Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) | And to the bagpipe's sound The nymphs tread out their ground Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) | Fie then! why sit we musing, Youth's sweet delight refusing? Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) | Say, dainty nymphs, and speak, Shall we play barley-break? Fa la la la la etc. etc. | (rpt) |
Source: AMPLINEX 027 disk, file $.MAYING |
Published in AMPLINEX 027, July 1992
