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c. 1557–1602 English composer and theorist Morley was the most important composer involved in developing the English Elizabethan madrigal from its Italian counterpart. In the 1580s and 1590s he published some English translations of Italian madrigals with newly composed English works of his own, which imitated the Italian style. His most famous works are the ‘fa la la’ madrigals: pieces ...

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Emperor Charles V. Recommended Recording: Sacred Choral Works, incl. Missa Queramus cum pastoribus, Westminster Cathedral Choir (dir) James O’Donnell (Hyperion) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Thomas Morley | Renaissance | Classical ...

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early madrigals in the style of Arcadelt. His son Alfonso (1543–88) moved to England as a young man and spent most of his life at the court of Elizabeth I. Morley praised him for his ‘deep skill’ and placed him alongside such worthies as Marenzio. Much more prolific than his father, he wrote many madrigals, motets and chansons. His ...

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, a light-hearted, homophonic relative of the madrigal. Extremely popular in England, they were the primary source of the style of the light ‘fa la la’ madrigals of Morley and others. Recommended Recording: La pazzia senile: musica al tempo di Banchieri, Clemencic Consort (Accord) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Carlo Gesualdo | Renaissance | Classical ...

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had no private income; he made his living first by playing the trombone, then as an inspiring teacher, at St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, and at Morley College (in a then largely working-class area of London). His suite The Planets (1919) achieved great popularity, but the influence of Stravinsky and Holst’s interest in oriental philosophy led ...

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1574–1638 English composer Although not as prolific as some of his contem­poraries, Wilbye made a substantial contribution to the English madrigal. Like Weelkes, he was influenced by Morley’s light-hearted canzonets and ballets; later he turned to a more serious style, producing some of the repertory’s most poignant works. Madrigals like ‘Weepe O Mine Eies’ (1598) and ‘Draw on ...

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with appropriately descriptive music. Also famous is ‘As Vesta Was, from Latmos hill descending’ (1601), his contribution to The Triumphs of Oriana, a book of madrigals collected by Morley and dedicated to Elizabeth I. Recommended Recording: Madrigals and Anthems, Consort of Musicke (dir) Anthony Rooley (ASV Gaudeamus) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | John Wilbye | Renaissance ...

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notation from partbooks. A published literature of practical music theory for the amateur arose to fill a new market. The Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Music (1597) by Thomas Morley (c. 1557–1602), which includes both rudimentary theory and an introduction to music appreciation, was the outstanding example. Similar books were published in other languages. The most significant effect of ...

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English texts were created. The polyphonic madrigal culminated in the late sixteenth century in the works of composers who drew on both the lighter and the serious styles, notably Morley, Marenzio and, above all, Monteverdi. Intermedio The intermedio was an interlude presented between the acts of a play or other enter­tainment. At its simplest, it consisted ...