It Was a Lover and His Lass Thomas Morley
Thomas Morley 1557-1602 Renaissance Composer Student of William Byrd Madrigals Italian style, English text Twenty-two madrigals in 1594
Italian Madrigal secular vocal music composition through-composed: text expression after-dinner music texts about love and merriment dance rhythms
It Was a Lover and His Lass Late 1590’s Text from “As You Like It” Bard of Avon Two young lovers in Spring Friendship between Morley and Shakespeare…? Traditional Italian Madrigal Polyphony and Homophony G-Major Eighth and Quarter Notes
Listening Examples http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VkHF6ni5gw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRMdudENPfE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rsiYoGIGio&feature=related
Project Choose a sextet, two girls for each part. Perform this piece as authentically as possible for the rest of the class. Use costumes, write a dialogue surrounding the performance, choreograph an authentic dance… be creative! Write a 1-2 page double-spaced paper explaining your performance choices.