The English School of Lutenist Song Writers

The English School of lutenist Song Writers , also briefly English Lute Songs is an edition number to the English school of lute song - composer . It was based on original prints from the early 17th century and was published by Edmund H. Fellowes . It appeared in two series of 16 and 17 volumes, respectively. H. a total of 33 volumes, in London 1920–27. An edition revised by Thurston Dart and other volumes, indicated by the year, have been published since 1959.

According to editor Edmund H. Fellowes, the English school of lute song composers stands for itself as something without parallel in Europe at the time.

Contents overview

1st series (1920–24; each piece both in original notation and in translation) 2nd series (1925–27; arr. F. Class)

1st series

4 u. 13 Thomas Campian , d. 1st book v. Ph. Rosseters A Booke of Ayres (Vol. IV and XIII)
17. John Coperario , Funeral Teares, Songs of Mourning, et al. The Masque of Squire (XVII, 1959)
1st – 2nd, 5th – 6th, 10th – 11th, 12th, 14th John Dowland , all lute songs from d. 1., 2. u. 3. Booke of Songes or Ayres (I— II, V-VI, X-XI) and A Pilgrimes Solace (XII and XIV)
3. Thomas Ford , 1st book d. Musicke of Sundrie Kinds (III)
16. Thomas Morley , The First Booke of Ayres (XVI, 21959)
7. u. 15. Francis Pilkington , d. Tablature pieces from The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (VII and XV)
8th-9th Philip Rosseter , 2nd book d. A Booke of Ayres (VIII-IX; 1st book so under Campian).

2nd series

9. John Attey , The First Booke of Ayres (IX)
3. John Bartlet , A Booke of Ayres (III)
1st – 2nd, 10th – 11th Th. Campian, 1st – 4th Booke of Ayres (I— II, X-XI)
7. Michael Cavendish , d. Songs from dv himself ed. Ayres in Tabletorie to the Lute (VII)
12-13 W. Corkine, 1. u. 2. Booke of Ayres (XII-XIII)
8. J. Danyel, Songs for the Lute, Viol and Voice (VIII)
18. John Earsden, The Ayres… 1618 (XVIII, 1962)
16. A. Ferrabosco (II), Ayres (XVI)
18. Thomas Greaves, d. Lute songs from Songes of Sundrie Kinds 1604 (XVIII, 1962)

17. R. Johnson, Ayres, Songs and Dialogues (XVII, 2 1961)

4th, 6th, 14th-15th R. Jones, all airs to the lute from d. 1., 2., 3. (Ultimum Vale), 4. (A Musicall Dreame) u. 5. (The Muses Gardin for Delight) Booke of Songs and Ayres (IV, VI, XIV-XV)

18. George Mason, The Ayres… 1618 (XVIII, 1962).

literature

Alison Hall: EH Fellowes, an Index to the English Madrigalists and the English School of Lutenist Song Writers. Boston, Mass. Music Library Association 1985, ISBN 0-914954-30-X .

Willi Apel (Ed.): Harvard Dictionary of Music . Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Harvard University Press 1968 ( online excerpt )
Article monuments (Great Britain) . In: Riemann Musiklexikon , 12th edition, subject part, p. 205

References and footnotes

↑ "The English School of lutenist song-writers stands by itself as something that had no parallel in contemporary Europe." - see. Diana Poulton: John Dowland . University of California Press 1982, p. 182 ( online excerpt )

[1] "The English School of lutenist song-writers stands by itself as something that had no parallel in contemporary Europe." - see. Diana Poulton: John Dowland . University of California Press 1982, p. 182 ( online excerpt )