What is the difference between the bard and Morley?
Unlike the Bard, Morley was known for his business acumen. From 1598 to 1602 he held one of the royally granted monopolies known as “printing patents,” and as such published much of the music produced in his era.
Why is “April is in my mistress’ face” in its original form?
This, in turn, would have helped to fuel the English Madrigal vogue that lasted through the first three decades of the seventeenth century. And it’s part of the reason we know “April Is in My Mistress’ Face” in its original form.
When was'but in her heart a cold December'written?
2nd published: 1848 in Deutsche Liederhalle, 3. Band, p. 408 Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia. But in her heart a cold December. Und Juli steht in ihren Augen. Aber im Herzen einen kalten Dezember.
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About This Artist
Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost member of the English Madrigal School. He was the most famous composer of secular music in Elizabethan England, and the composer of the only surviving contemporary settings of verse by Shakespeare.