Life
Born: c. 1557
Died: 1602
Biography
The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 1 (William Boyce) reads:
Thomas Morley was admitted Batchelor in Music at Oxford, 1588, and became Gentleman of the Royal Chapels to Queen Elizabeth, in 1592. He publish'd a learned Treatise in 1597, entitled A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Musicke, which he dedicated to William Bird, who had been his Master. He died in 1602.
View the Wikipedia article on Thomas Morley .
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Burial service
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Secular music
Canzonets or Little Short Songs to foure Voyces selected from Italian composers
E.H. Fellowes included these (un-numbered) in his edition of Madrigals to Four voices .
Canzonets to Three Voices - 1593
See, mine own sweet jewel
Joy, joy doth so arise
Cruel, you pull away too soon
Lady, those eyes
Hold out my heart
Good morrow, fair ladies of the May
Whither away so fast
Blow, Shepherds, blow
Deep lamenting
Farewell disdainful
O fly not, O take some pity
Thirsis, let pity move thee
Now must I die recureless
14. Lady, if I through grief
15. Cease mine eyes
16. Do you not know?
17. Where art thou wanton?
18. What ails my darling
19. Say dear, will you not have me?
20. Arise, get up my dear
The following pieces were included in a 2nd edition, published in 1606.
21. Love learns by laughing
22. This Love is but a wanton fit
23. Though Philomela lost her love
24. Spring-time mantleth every bough
Madrigals to Four Voices - 1594
April is in my mistress' face
Clorinda false
Why sit I here, alas, complaining
Since my tears and lamenting
Help I fall
Lady, why grieve you still me
In dew of roses
In ev'ry place
Now is the gentle season
The fields abroad (part 2 of number 9)
Come, lovers, follow me
12. O no, thou dost but flout me
13. I will no more come to thee
14. Besides a fountain
15. Sport we my lovely treasure
16. O sweet, alas, what say you? (part 2 of number 15)
17. Hark, jolly shepherds
18. Ho! who comes here?
19. Die now, my heart
20. Say gentle nymphs that tread
21. Round around about a wood
22. On a fair morning
Canzonets to Two Voices - 1595
First Book of Ballets - 1595
Dainty fine sweet nymph
Shoot false love, I care not
Now is the month of maying
Sing we and chant it
Singing alone
No, no, no, no, Nigella
My bonny lass she smileth
I saw my lovely Phillis
What saith my dainty darling?
Thus saith my Galatea
About the maypole
My lovely wanton jewel
13. You that wont to my pipe's sound
14. Fyer, fyer
15. Those dainty daffadillies
16. Lady, those cherries plenty
17. I love, alas, I love thee
18. Lo, she flies
19. Leave, alas, this tormenting
20. Why weeps, alas, my lady?
Included in the 2nd edition published in 1600, the following piece is to seven voices
21. Phillis, I fain would die now
Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices - 1597
Fly love that art so sprightly
False love did me inveigle
Adieu, adieu you kind and cruel
Love’s folk in green arraying
Love took his bow and arrow
Lo where with flowery head
O grief, e'en on the bud
Sovereign of My Delight
Our Bonny-boots could toot it
Ay me, the fatal arrow
My nymph, the dear
12. Cruel, wilt thou persever
13. Said I that Amarillis
14. Damon and Phillis
15. Lady you think you spite me
16. You black bright stars
17. I follow, lo, the footing
18. Stay heart, run not so fast
19. Good Love, then fly thou to her
20. Ladies, you see time flieth
21. Hark, alleluia
A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicalle Musicke - 1597
Included as an example, this piece was included by E. H. Fellowes in his re-publication of Canzonets to Three Voices .
Shown as a wordless “air” in Morley’s book. Thurston Dart set these words to it from a piece by Thomas Bateson published in his First Set of Madrigals (1604).
First Book of Ayres - 1600
Triumphs of Oriana - 1601
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