This sweet and merry month
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
(11 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:
SSATTB (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
first published in 1590 as No. 28 of Thomas Watson's collection entitled "The first sett of Italian Madrigalls Englished"
Source of text:
attributed to Thomas Watson
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
Princeton, USA
Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane, PRINCETON, NJ 08540; Ph. (+1) 609-921-7100
Consultable under :
Perf. Coll. # W748 (4 copies)