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Now Is The Month Of Maying by Thomas Morley 4-Part - Sheet Music

By Thomas Morley

Now Is The Month Of Maying

Now Is The Month Of Maying is one of the most famous of the English balletts a light part song, similar to a madrigal, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and ItalianRenaissancecomposers. The fun piece was written by the most famous composer of secular music in Elizabethan England, one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School, Thomas Morley, and published in 1595. Thesong delightsin bawdy double-entendre it is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for sex. Its imagery and puns are characteristic of the Renaissance. Now Is The Month Of Maying is arrangedhere for SATBChoir.

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Details

Instrument:
Choir
Ensembles:
4-Part SATB Mixed Choir
Genres:
Renaissance
Composers:
Thomas Morley
Publishers:
Curwen
EAN:
5020679240908
Format:
Vocal Score Octavo
Item types:
Physical
Artist:
Thomas Morley
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
4
Shipping Weight:
0.13 pounds

SATB Choir

SKU: BT.MUSJC66023

Composed by Thomas Morley. Classical. Choral Score. Composed 2015. 4 pages. Curwen #MUSJC66023. Published by Curwen (BT.MUSJC66023).

English.

Now Is The Month Of Maying is one of the most famous of the English balletts a light part song, similar to a madrigal, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and ItalianRenaissancecomposers. The fun piece was written by the most famous composer of secular music in Elizabethan England, one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School, Thomas Morley, and published in 1595. Thesong delightsin bawdy double-entendre it is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for sex. Its imagery and puns are characteristic of the Renaissance. Now Is The Month Of Maying is arrangedhere for SATBChoir.

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Instrument:
Vocal Choir
Artists:
Thomas Morley
Ensemble:
4-Part SATB Mixed Choir
Publisher:
Curwen