This sweet and merry month
Composer(s):
Byrd, William
(1543?-1623)
[ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Published by
Stainer and Bell Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1964
; in Collected works of William Byrd, vol. 14 : Psalmes, songs, and sonnets (1611)
(250 p.)
Ref. :
5208
(7 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution:
Dart, Thurston
; Fellowes, Edmund Horace
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright :
1920, revised edition 1964
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Madrigal
Mood of the piece:
lively ; playful
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
A minor
Duration:
4.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
first published in 1590 as No. 8 of Thomas Watson's collection entitled "The first sett of Italian Madrigalls Englished"
Source of text:
attributed to Thomas Watson