Byrd, William: Eight Consort Songs

edited by Stewart McCoy and Bill Hunt.

The source for this new edition is a set of partbooks in the British Library (Add 29401-5). It is the only complete source and, in certain cases, the sole source for sorne of Byrd's finest consort songs. The eight songs included in this edition are: Rejoice unto the Lord, My mistress had a little dog, The man is blest, Fair Britain isle, 0 Lord how vain, In angel's weed, Out of the orient crystal skies and Ye sacred Muses. The full set comprises a full score with introduction and critical commentary, four partbooks for viols and transcrpitions of the viol parts for lute, prepared by Stewart Mccoy. The latter are based on 16th and 17th century examples, in particular those by Edward Paston, and are arranged so as to be playable in a variety of ways: with voice and full consort of viols, or with a smaller consort of voice and treble and bass viols (as in Dowland's Lasso vita mia and other songs) or as a lute song with voice alone. These and other examples of contemporary practice are discussed in the introduction. The viol partbooks also contain a transposed version of Ye sacred Muses into d minor, since the source for this edition has the piece set out for high voice in g minor and it is perhaps better known to some people in its setting for low voice.

 

 
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