A Briefe Discovrse (Ravenscroft, Thomas)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
| Composer Page | Ravenscroft, Thomas | |
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| Movements/Sections | Music theory, with 20 madrigals
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| First Publication | 1614 | ||
| Genre Categories | Music theory; Writings; Madrigals; For mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; English language |
Performances
Synthesized/MIDI
Bennet: A hunts up
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Pearce: A Hunting Song
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A Hawkes-up, for a Hunts up
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Hawking for the Partridge
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Bennet: For the Hearne and Ducke
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The Fayries Daunce
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The Satyres Daunce
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The Urchins Daunce
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Bennet: The Elues Daunce
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Of Beare
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Of Ale
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Ale and Tobacco
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Bennet: Three Fooles
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Bennet: The Servant of his Mistris
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Pearce: The Mistris of her Seruant
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Their Mariage Zolemnized
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Hodge Trillindle to his Zweet hort Malkyn
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Malkinz anzwer to Hodge Trillindle
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Their Goncluzion
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Bennet: Their Wedlocke
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Christian Mondrup
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Scores
Scores and Parts
Complete
Complete score
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London: Edward Alde for Thomas Adams, 1614
N.B. Some of the pages of this scan are rather badly out of order.
Performer's Edition (US users) — Petrucci-Merton (non-US users)
Selections
Bennet: A hunts up
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Pearce: A Hunting Song
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A Hawkes-up, for a Hunts up
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Hawking for the Partridge
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Bennet: For the Hearne and Ducke
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The Fayries Daunce
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The Satyres Daunce
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The Urchins Daunce
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Bennet: The Elues Daunce
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Of Beare
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Of Ale
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Ale and Tobacco
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Kramme: Introduction to the Enamouring section of A Briefe Discourse
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Bennet: Three Fooles
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Bennet: The Servant of his Mistris
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Pearce: The Mistris of her Seruant
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Their Mariage Zolemnized
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Hodge Trillindle to his Zweet hort Malkyn
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Malkinz anzwer to Hodge Trillindle
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Their Goncluzion
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Bennet: Their Wedlocke
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Christian Mondrup
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General Information
| Work Title | A Briefe Discovrse Of the true (but neglected) vse of Charact’ring the Degrees by their Perfection, Imperfection, and Diminution in Measurable Musicke, against the Common Practice and Custome of these Times. |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Ravenscroft, Thomas |
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| Movements/Sections | Music theory, with 20 madrigals
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| First Publication | 1614 |
| Language | English |
| Piece Style | Renaissance |
| Instrumentation | SATB voices a cappella |
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