Thomas Morley: O Sleep Fond Fancy / Southernes Pavin

[Martin Jonas]

Here are two Tudor pieces by Thomas Morley, a madrigale for three voices and a pavan:

Thomas Morley (1557-1602): "O Sleep Fond Fancy"
From "Canzonets or Little Short Songs to Three Voyces" (1602)

This is a well-known Elizabethan madrigale in three parts (treble, treble, tenor), which
I first came across on Richard Thompson's fabulously eclectic "1000 Years Of Popular Music" album -- a capella with three-part harmonies. I have recorded it as an instrumental trio on two mandolins and octave mandolin using the setting for three viols by Albert Folop, from IMSLP:

http://imslp.org/wiki/O_Sleep,_Fond_...orley,_Thomas)

Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin (x2)
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin



Thomas Morley (1557-1602): "Southernes Pavin"
From Philip Rosseter's Lessons for Consort (1609)

This is an Elizabethan pavan in four parts, which I have played on three mandolins plus mandocello, using an arrangement by Steve Hendricks:

http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Co...r/southern.pdf

Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin (x3)
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello



Martin

[Scot63]

Thanks, Martin, for bringing such interesting repertoire to light and always having such high standards.Your work is an inspiration!