Madrigals And Partsongs Vocal Score

This book contains 59 of the finest examples of the secular choral repertoire, ranging from the late 15th to the 20th century and spanning all the major European countries.

All the pre-twentieth-century pieces are in completely new editions going back to the earliest and most reliable sources. Includes English translations and playable keyboard reductions.

Some items from this volume are available separately in the Oxford Choral Classics Octavo series.

Contents:

Anon: Dindirín, dindirín 
Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno 
Bartlet: Of all the birds that I do know 
Bennet: All creatures now 
Brahms: Nachtwache No. 1 
Britten: The Evening Primrose 
Campion: Never weather-beaten sail 
Cornelius: So weich und warm 
Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans 
Delius: Two Unaccompanied Partsongs 
Dowland: Come, heavy sleep 
Dowland: Can she excuse 
Dowland: Weep you no more, sad fountains 
Elgar: As torrents in summer 
Elgar: My love dwelt in a Northern land 
Elgar: There is sweet music 
Farmer: Fair Phyllis I saw 
Finzi: My spirit sang all day 
Ford: Since first I saw your face 
Gabrieli (G.): Lieto godea 
Gastoldi: Amor vittorioso 
Gibbons: Ah, dear heart 
Gibbons: The silver swan 
Gibbons: What is our life? 
Hassler: Tanzen und springen 
Hassler: Ach, Weh des Leiden 
Haydn: Die Harmonie in der Ehe 
Isaac: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen 
Le Jeune: Revoici venir du printemps 
Jones: Farewell, dear love 
Josquin Desprez(?): Mille regrets 
Lassus: Chi chi li chi 
Lassus: La nuit froide et sombre 
Lassus: Bonjour mon coeur 
Lassus: Matona, mia cara 
Marenzio: Crudel perché mi fuggi 
Marenzio: Scaldava il sol 
Monteverdi: O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mia 
Monteverdi: Ohimè se tanto amate 
Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna 
Morley: My bonny lass she smileth 
Morley: Now is the month of maying 
Parry: Music, when soft voices die 
Passereau: Il est bel et bon 
Pearsall: Lay a garland 
Pilkington: Rest, sweet nymphs 
Rore: Ancor che col partire 
Sandrin: Douce mémoire 
Schubert: Der Tanz 
Senfl: Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein 
Sermisy: Au joli bois 
Stanford: The blue bird 
Stanford: Heraclitus 
Sullivan: The long day closes 
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs 
Vautor: Sweet Suffolk owl 
Weelkes: Thule, the period of cosmography (The first part) 
Weelkes: The Andalusian merchant (The second part) 
Wilbye: Draw on, sweet Night 
Wilbye: Weep, weep, mine eyes