It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley, Thomas)

First Publication 1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, lute, viol; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the lute; Scores featuring the viol; For voices with solo instruments; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Synthesized Performance
#692225 - 0.91MB - 1:04 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 65×⇩ - MP3 - Dadvid

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Publisher Info. David Kemp, 2021.
Performers Synthesized MIDI
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Misc. Notes Transcribed after Gordon J Callon for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Original key (G major)
#544854 - 0.04MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3535×⇩ - Chrisjbaum

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 Transposed down a step (F major)
#544855 - 0.05MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1757×⇩ - Chrisjbaum

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Editor Christopher Baum
Publisher. Info. Christopher Baum, 2018.
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 It was lover and his lass
#420385 - 0.15MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2476×⇩ - GJC

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Editor Gordon Callon
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Complete Score
#692224 - 0.16MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 313×⇩ - Dadvid

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Arranger David Edward Kemp (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. David Edward Kemp, 2021.
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Misc. Notes Transcribed after Gordan J. Callon for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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General Information

Work Title It Was a Lover and His Lass
Alternative. Title
Composer Morley, Thomas
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ITM 79
Key G major
First Publication. 1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Librettist William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation soprano, lute, bass viol

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This song appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (Act V, Scene 3), but the relationship of Morley's setting to the play is unclear.

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