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Consort Songs (XXII) Ref: MB22

Edited by Philip Brett

The 'Cinderella' of Elizabethan and Jacobean secular music, consort songs for voice and viols survived both the popularity of the imported madrigal and the fashion for the lute air. An indigenous corpus of music, they subsequently influenced the development of the verse anthem.
First published in 1967, revised 1974.

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Price: £82.00

Secular Vocal Music: Richard DERING (XXV) Ref: MB25

Edited by Peter Platt

Canzonettes for three and four voices are collected in this volume, plus Italian madrigals in the early monodic style of the continuo-madrigal. A Roman Catholic, Dering worked first in Brussels, then at the court of Charles 1 and Henrietta Maria before his death in 1630. His music makes for interesting comparison with that of another recusant composer, Peter Philips, collected in MB29 and MB61 and MB75.
First published in 1969, and reprinted with corrections 1977.

Price: £59.00

Dowland, John: Ayres for Four Voices Ref: MB6

Edited by David Greer

This completely new edition of a popular MB volume presents Dowland's 65 ayres for SATB and lute in original note values, and features the lute part both in tablature and staff notation. The volume includes The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1597), The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600), The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603) and A Pilgrimes Solace (1612).
Published 2000.

Price: £88.00

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1. Invitation to Madrigals Book 13 (Ref: B571)

2. Invitation to Madrigals Book 12 (Ref: B570)

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Henry VIII: Thirty-five Compositions Ref: E1801

The complete secular works of King Henry VIII consisting of partsongs and instrumental consorts.
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1. Dowland, John: Fifty Songs. Book 1. Low Voice (Ref: X5B)

Philips, Peter: Select Italian Madrigals Ref: MB29

Edited by John Steele

A Roman Catholic who spent most of his life in foreign service, Philips was a master of the conservative Italian style. This selection gives a comprehensive idea of his achievement, and makes for an interesting contrast with work by Richard Dering (MB25), another Catholic composer who spent much of his life away from England.
First published in 1970, reprinted with corrections 1985.

Price: £82.00

Purcell, Henry: Complete Catches Ref: D86

Edited by Michael Nyman

Matching skilfully contrived music with topical and often scabrous texts, Purcell’s catches offer vivid glimpses of 17th-century life which also appeal to a more modern sense of humour. Reissued to celebrate the tercentenary of the composer’s death, this complete collection is edited by Michael Nyman, who provides an extensive preface that tells the history of the genre.

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Watson, Thomas: Italian Madrigals Englished Ref: MB74

Edited by Albert Chatterley

Published in 1590, Thomas Watson's Italian Madrigals Englished set the poet's own texts, in English, to music by Marenzio, Nanino and Striggio. Like Musica transalpina, dating from two years earlier, the collection marked an important stage in the assimilation of Italian secular styles within English music.
First Published 1999. Hardback.

Price: £84.00

The English Madrigalists

is the renowned edition founded by Edmund Fellowes and revised primarily by Thurston Dart. Other scholars who have been involved in the revision and updating include Philip Brett, Davitt Moroney, John Morehen, David Scott and Sarah Dunkley. In recent years several new volumes have been added to the series.

There are now some 42 volumes available in the series.

Invitation to Madrigals
Thurston Dart edited the first five volumes of Invitation to Madrigals, and revised Fellowes' work for volumes 7 to 11. David Scott edited volume 6, and Alec Harman volumes 12 and 13.

Invitation to Medieval Music
Thurston Dart began the Invitation to Medieval Music series, and edited the first two volumes. Brian Trowell edited volumes 3 and 4, John Stevens volumes 5 and 6, and James Whitbourn the last volume.

Invitation to the Partsong
Geoffrey Bush and Michael Hurd have edited all of the volumes of the Invitation to the Partsong series except Book 6 which was jointly edited by Thurston Dart and Nigel Fortune.

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