Oxford Book of English Madrigals

The madrigal composed in England during the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth centuries include some of the finest music of the period and are possibly superior in truth and expressiveness even to the madrigals composed in Italy, where the form was invented and flourished over a long period. Faced with many hundreds of possible candidates for inclusion in the edition, the editor worked on the principal that the major composers would each be represented by several madrigals, and the lesser figures by one or more. But no madrigal would be included if it fell below the high standard set by the collection as a whole. Over 60 madrigals are included.

Madrigals and Partsongs

This collection gathers together nearly sixty of the finest examples of the secular choral repertoire into one volume. Due space is given to the magnificent sixteenth century madrigals of England and Italy, with favorite works by Gibbons and Morley placed alongside less familiar selections by Lassus, Marenzio, and Weelkes. German and French pieces are also represented, for example, with Passereau's ever-popular Il est bel est bon. Works by Haydn and Schubert lead to the nineteenth century repertoire, which includes Brahms's lovely Nachtwache, from Five Songs, Op. 104, and Pearsall's exquisite Lay a Garland. The survey is completed by Debussy's Trois Chansons de Charles D'Orleans and examples of the glorious outpouring of English Romantic partsongs, with works by Elgar, Parry, Stanford, Britten, Finzi, and Vaughan Williams. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the twentieth century, and spanning all major European countries, this is a masterly survey suitable for all choirs. Clifford Bartlett has prepared completely new editions of all pre-twentieth century pieces, going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscript or printed sources. English translations are provided to aid understanding, with playable keyboard reductions in every case.

The King's Singers: Madrigals

Dindirin, Dindirin Fatal La Parte Cucu, Cucu! De Los Alamos Vengo Ach Elslein, Liebes Elselein Vitrum Nostrum Gloriosum Wir Zogen In Das Feld Lirum Bililirum Alla Cazza Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno Matona, Mia Cara Au Joli Jeu La La La, Je Ne L'ose Dire Margot Labourez Les Vignes Un Gentil Amoureux Il Est Bel Et Bon Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting Heigh Ho! 'Chill Go To Plough No More Fine Knacks For Ladies Of All The Birds That I Do Know Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis

Gentil Senora Mia (Vasquez) So Trinken Wir Alle (Von Bruck) Ach, Weh Des Leiden (Hassler) Tanzen Und Springen (Hassler) Or Si Rallegri Il Cielo (de Wert) Valle, Che de'Lamenti Miei Se' Piena (de Wert) Amor Vittorioso (Gastoldi) Contrapunto Bestiale Alla Mente (Banchieri) Zefiro Torna E'l Bel Tempo Rimena (Monteverdi) Triste Depart (Gombert) Bon Jour: Et Puis, Quelles Nouvelles? (De Lassus) Now Is The Month Of Maying (Morley) O Grief ev'n On The Bud (Morley) The Silver Swan (Gibbons) Too Much I Once Lamented (Tomkins) 6121 SONGBOOK $6.95

Alfred Einstein (Edited by): The Golden Age of Madrigals

A selection of classic Italian madrigals, mostly a cappella and all with English lyrics.

Sherri Porterfield: Madrigals for Tenor Bass Voices

All Ye Who Music Love My Heart Belongs Only to You Now Is the Month of Maying Since Robin Hood Weep, O Mine Eyes

This collection includes five accessible and appealing madrigals arranged for male voices. Excellent for contest and festival. TTB

Robin Holloway: Five Madrigals for Unaccompanied Mixed Voices

Ecce Puer (James Joyce) Children's Voices (T.S. Eliot) Eyes That Last I Saw In Tears (T.S. Eliot) Voices Of Birds (T.S. Eliot) Red River (T.S. Eliot) SATB

Delightful madrigals composed by noted arranger Robin Holloway set to the poems of T.S. Elliot and one of James Joyce. Fun!

Gavin Bryars: First Book of Madrigals - For Unaccompanied Male Voices

Web Stormy Almond Tree Just As The Ash-Glow` Within Minutes Our Bodies In The Shower She'd Buy Things All The Homely Arts And Crafts In April Who's The More To Blame The Print Of Soles My Pomegranate Against Dieting

These Madrigals were written especially for the Hilliard Ensemble with who Gavin Bryars has worked for many years. The texts are by the poet and writer Blake Morrison.

PDQ Bach: Madcap Madrigals

The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth Four Curmudgeonly Canons Good King Kong Looked Out O Little Town of Hackensack Throw The Yule Log On, Uncle John Two Hearts, Four Lips, Three Little Words SATB

A whimsical collection of original a cappella madrigals written by the maestro of classical mirth. Your ensemble will have as much fun singing them as the audience does listening.

John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals

It Was A Lover And His Lass Draw On, Sweet Night Come Live With Me My True Love Hath My Heart When Daisies Pied

Birthday Madrigals was written at the invitation of Brian Kay, conductor of the Cheltenham Bach Choir, to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of the great jazz pianist George Shearing. The first performance was given, in his presence, in Cheltenham Town Hall on June 3, 1995 by the Cheltenham Bach Choir with Neil Swainson (double bass), John Rutter conducting. The seed of the composition was 'It was a lover and his lass,' witten in 1975. The other four movements, their texts also drawn from the madrigal era (hence the work's title), were added in 1995 to make the present choral suite.

Gregg Smith: Doo-Wop Madrigals

Cool April (April is in my Mistress' face) Billings in Blue (When Jesus Wept) He's Awesome (Il est bel et bon) The Revecy Band (Revecy venir du printans) Oh! That Love and Beauty (When Love and Beauty) Multiple Echoes (Echo Song) My heart is longing for your love (mon coeur se recommande a vous) Hey, Babe! (Matona, mia cara) SATB

The whole Doo-Wop Madrigal project started with Garrison Keillor. he called to invite the Gregg Smith Singers to appear on his American Radio Company program. He was, he said, particularly interested in some "Doo-Wop" Billings -- William Billings, that is, the great American composer from the Revolutionary War era. By the next conversation, the concept had metamorphosed into "Doo-Wop Madrigals", that is, taking standard Madrigal literature and giving it new life by creating jazz interpreations which still retain all the essential musical elements which made them such great musical masterpieces in the first place. Madrigals are fun to sing, but the Jazz approach adds entirely new dimensions to some very familiar ground. While word painting is a vital element in Renaissance choral music, the substitution of scat sounds for words and the addition of vocalized percussion highlights the sometimes subtle rhythmic and contrapuntal aspects of the works, bringing a different kind of clarity to the music itself. Finally, the blues treatments added a new poignancy to the more solemn works. SATB a cappella.

Gilbert & Sullivan: Madrigals, Glees and Part Songs

A British Tar (HMS Pinafore) Let's Give Three Cheers (HMS Pinafore) I Hear The Soft Note (Patience) Brightly Dawns Our Wdding Day (The Mikado) When The Buds are Blosoming (Ruddigore) A Strange Adventure (Yeoman of the Guard) When a Woorer goes a-wooing (Yeoman of the Guard) Thank You Gallant Gondolieri (The Gondoliers) Try We life-long (The Gondoliers)

Hidden within the marvelous operas of William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are wonderful madrigals, glees and part songs. They are masterpieces in themselves and can stand on their own. Because they are seldom heard, unless one attends a complete performance of an opera, they have been extracted so they may be accessable to everyone. These treasures are ideal for a variety of occaisions and will complement any choral concert. For mixed voices with keyboard.

9452 SONGBOOK $8.95

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Egon Kraus (Editor): European Madrigals

All Lust Und Freud (Joy & Mirth) All Riva Del Tebro (Bank Of Tiber) Amor Vittorioso (Come W/Weapons) Bon Jour Mon Coeur (Di Lasso) Ce Moys De May (This Mo.Of May) Es Ist Ein Schnee Gefallen Fire, Fire (Morley) Hark All Ye Lovely Saints In Pride Of May Innsbruck, I Now Must Leave Thee (Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen) Io Piango (Weep,I Weep) Marenzio It Was A Lover And His Lass Kuckuck Hat Sich Zu Tod Gefalln Lasciate Mi Morire (Leave Me,Love) Mignonne (Fair Maid,Consider Rose) Mit Lust Tret Ich An Diesen Tanz Now, O Now I Needs Must Part Petite Nymphe Folastre (Nymphette, so Dashing and Appealing) Quand Mon Mary Vient De Dehors Rest, Sweet Nymphs (Pilkington) Vezzosette Ninfe (Sweet&Ch Nymph) Weep, O Mine Eyes (J.Bennet) Wohlauf,Ihr Gaste(Good Health)

A fine collection of madrigals from across Europe.

9159 SONGBOOK $5.95

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Luca Marenzio: Complete Six Voice Madrigals

Leggiadrissma, eternal Primavera; Gia Le Muse Leggiare Ninfe Candide Perle Come Fuggir Ecco Che'l Ciel; Ecco Che Mill'augi Spiri Dolce Favonio; Tacciano I Venti Giunt'a Un Bel Fonte Nel Dolce Seno; Perche L'uno E L'Altr'alma Amatemi, Ben Mio S'a Veder Voi Non Vengo CANZONE: Baci Soavi E Cari: - Baci Amorosi E Belli - Baci Affamati E 'Ngordi - Baci Cortesi E Grati - Baci, Ohime, Non Mirate Vivro Dunque Lontano

Includes 15 Italian madrigals written for six voices.

Theron Kirk: "Sing We and Chant It" and Other Such Popular Madrigals

Sing We And Chant It (Thomas Morley) Now Is The Month Of Maying (Thomas Morley) In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves (Henry Purcell) My Bonnie Lass She Smileth (Thomas Morley) Matona, Lovely Maiden (Orlando di Lasso) Fair Phyllis I Saw (John Farmer) Since Robin Hood (Thomas Weelles) Dancing And Springing (Hans Leo Hassler) 3 PART MIXED

Introduce junior high and middle school students to the joys of madrigal singing with this outstanding collection. Perfect for young , developing voices, this collection features some of the best known madrigals skillfully arranged for three part mixed voices by Theron Kirk. From the"fa la la" madrogals of Morley to the German part song of Hassler, each is carefully set to compliment the voice ranges and qualities of the devolping male singer. An excellent addition to the repertoire of the changing voice.

Various Arrangers: Madrigals for 3-Parts

Sing We and Chant It (Thomas Morley arr. Russell Robinson) Fire, Fire (Thomas Morley arr. Russell Robinson) All Ye Who Music Love (Baldassare Donato arr. Russell Robinson) Three New Madrigals (arr Jay Althouse) - Come, Celebrate this Festive Day - How Fair A Rose? - All Ye, the Music Makers

Russell Robinson has now adapted this widely performed madrigal "Sing We and Chant It" for treble choirs. It's superbly reduced to preserve the harmonic and melodic structure of the original 5-part work. The quintessential madrigal, it features dynamic variations, much repetition for quick learning, and an open score for easy reading. Russell Robinson has adapted "Fire, Fire", one of Thomas Morley's most enduring madrigals, for 3-part voices, just right for today's young and developing choirs. The male part has a limited, 5-note range...great for changing voices. The independent vocal lines make it an excellent learning piece and a perfect "first madrigal" for any choir. Carefully tailored to the needs of middle school and junior high singers. "All Ye Who Love Music" was given its English text by Thomas Oliphant in 1837. This arrangement has been lowered one step from the original key of G major to F major. The soprano (Part 1) melody is basically the same; however, Parts II and III have been arranged iin such a way as to limit the range and for ease of singing, while retaining the sound and flavor of the original. As will all Renaissance madrigals, this piece should be sung lightly and lyrically. This trio of fresh, new, madrigals from Jay Althouse is a valuable addition to the choral repertoire mixed choirs. The first is in a traditional madrigal style, with a "fa la la" section and features and echo chorus. The second is lush and lovely, homophonic in nature, with a thought-provoking text. The third is up-tempo and includes an optional hand drum: it could be used as a processional or at a madrigal dinner. Use any or all of the three for concerts, contests, and adjudications.

Linda Spevacek: Christmas Madrigals

Christmas madrigal 'Roundezvous' A Festive Madrigal Come, Sing! Come, Dance! (A Christmas Madrigal) SATB

'Christmas Madrigal Roundezvous' is a sparkling, festive, and extremely clever original madrigal, sung in a round, with a contrasting, lilting middle section. The uplifting lyrics of 'A Festive Madrigal' begin that bright, jovial original madrigal, which 'sings in' the holiday season. A marvelous, accessible choice which also works well for smaller ensembles. The refreshing, new, secular Christmas madrigal 'Come, Sing! Come, Dance!' will definitely capture the spirit of the season. Designed for small or large groups, this a cappella gem is easy and accessible, yet sophisticated and challenging. Delightfully creative and absolutely charming!

9505 SHEET MUSIC $4.95

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Donald Moore: Christmas Madrigals for Three Parts

A Holiday Madrigal A Joyful Madrigal A Merry Madrigal

"A Holiday Madrigal" - This merry madrigal will be a nice addition to your women's choir's a cappella seasonal repertoire. Characteristic counterpoint makes this original Donald Moore piece a familiar form but, unlike many Renaissance chorals, the vocal ranges, subject matter, and number of voice parts have been specifically designed for developing choirs. A festive feature for holiday concerts and Madrigal feasts. "A Joyful Madrigal" - Here's a new work by Donald Moore in madrigal style that's appropriate for general or Christmas use. Dynamic changes create interest; repetition makes for quick learning. Perfect when you need just one more piece for your Christmas or Spring concert. Lots of optional notes and is an outstanding learning piece for young and developing choirs. "A Merry Madrigal" - A "fa la la" section in this joyful number makes it appropriate for both Christmas and general use. It's a fine learning piece in the madrigal style, yet the singable melodies make the independent vocal lines easy to learn. Don Moore is a master at creating works that develop choral singing, teach a classic choral style and, most importantly, sound great. Use it in concerts and at festivals and adjudications.

9290 SHEET MUSIC $4.95 SAA

9291 SHEET MUSIC $4.95 SAB

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Paul Brandvik: Compleet Madrigal Dinner Booke

Definition Goals Food Service Dates Place Division of Duties Publicity Tickets Seating and Programs Script Dramatic Direction Make-Up Lighting Staging Costumes Types and Styles of Music Ceremonial Music for the Royal Court The Concert by the Royal Court Rehearsals and Style Repertoire Lists and Sources

This very informative Madrigal Dinner kit includes a teacher's manual covering "everything" you ever wanted to know about a Madrigal Dinner. Includes organization, publicity, costuming, music, scripts, make up, staging, lighting, food service, etc. etc. Nineteen pages of repertoire and music sources are divided into categories and form perhaps the finest Madrigal Dinner list ever compiled. The kit also includes two separate and different dinner scripts, plus 24 pages of hitherto unpublished Madrigal Dinner music. A great fundraiser!

6293B Book & CD $24.98