| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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| Composition Year | 2007 |
| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, lute; For voices with solo instruments; |
Performing score with Lute accompaniment
*#20738 - 0.03MB, 2 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1437×⇩ - Martin Grayson
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Martin Grayson (2008/8/13)
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Performing score with Guitar accompaniment
*#20739 - 0.03MB, 2 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1026×⇩ - Martin Grayson
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Martin Grayson (2008/8/13)
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Viol consort song version of Orpheus
*#24964 - 0.07MB, 6 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 430×⇩ - Martin Grayson
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Martin Grayson (2008/11/29)
4-part Recorder Consort Version
*#24965 - 0.05MB, 4 pp. - (-) - !N/!N/!N - 271×⇩ - Martin Grayson
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Martin Grayson (2008/11/29)
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| Work Title | Orpheus with His Lute (Song) |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Grayson, Martin |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IMG 18 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2007 |
| First Publication. | 2008 |
| Librettist | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | Voice and lute (or guitar) |
This was an entry into a competition to set the Shakespeare text, (from the play Henry VIII), specifically for lute and voice, in a manner influenced by golden age Elizabethan lute song. This popular text has been set by many composers, including Edward German, Sullivan, Ivor Gurney and Vaughan-Williams, though apparently not by any Jacobean composers.
There is the original lute version here and a guitar version which is slightly clumsy because the chords used exploit the position of the 3rds in the lute tuning. Scordatura might help here.