| Work Title
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The First Sett of Italian Madrigals Englished
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| Alternative. Title
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The first sett, Of Italian Madrigals Englished, not to the sense of the originall dittie, but after the affection of the Noate. By Thomas Watson Gentleman. There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master VVilliam Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine, at the request of the sayd Thomas Watson
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| Composer
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Various
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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None [force assignment]
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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28 madrigals
- When first my heedles eyes beheld - Non vidi mai dopo notturna pioggia by Luca Marenzio
- O merry world when every lover with his mate - I lieti amanti e la fanciulle tenere by Luca Marenzio
- Farewell cruell & unkind - Veggo dolce mio bene by Luca Marenzio
- Zephyrus breathing, now calls nymfs from out their bowres - Zefiro torna by Luca Marenzio
- Faire shepherds Queene, let us hand in hand - Madonna, sua mercé, pur una sera by Luca Marenzio
- Every singing bird that in ye wood rejoyces - Vezzosi augelli in fra le verdi fronde by Luca Marenzio
- Alas, what a wretched life is this? - Ahi dispietata morte, ahi crudel vita by Luca Marenzio
- This sweet & merry month of May by William Byrd (4 voices)
- Though faint & wasted - Lasso ch'io ardo e'l mio bel sole ardente by Luca Marenzio
- Since my heedlesse eies began - Quando i vostri begli occhi un caro velo by Luca Marenzio
- When all alone my bony love - Sola soletta i me ne vò cantando by Girolamo Conversi
- When I beheld the faire face of Phyllis - Venuta era Madonna al mio languire by Luca Marenzio
- Alas, where is my love - Ohimè dov'è il mio ben, dov'è il mio core? by Luca Marenzio
- Sweet hart arise that we may take - Spuntavan gia per far il mondo adorno by Luca Marenzio
- But if the countrie Gods seeke (Part 2) - Quando 'l mio vivo by Luca Marenzio
- When from my selfe sweet Cupid first - Madonna mia gentil, ringrazio Amore by Luca Marenzio
- Sweet singing Amarillis - Cantava la più vaga pastorella by Luca Marenzio
- Fancy retyre thee - Partirò dunque, ohimè mi manca il core by Luca Marenzio
- How long with vaine complayning - Questa di verdi erbette by Luca Marenzio
- All yee that joy in wayling - Morir non puo'l mio core by Giovanni Maria Nanino
- O heare me heavenly powrs all at one calling - Talche dunque by Luca Marenzio
- In chaynes of hope and feare - Né fero sdegno mai, Donna by Luca Marenzio
- When Meliboeus soul flying hence departed - Di nettare amoroso ebro la mente by Luca Marenzio
- Now twinkling starres do smile (Part 2) - Sonar le labra by Luca Marenzio
- Unkind o stay thy flying - Crudel perche mi fuggi by Luca Marenzio
- Love hath proclamed warre by Trumpet sounded - Non rumor di tamburi by Alessandro Striggio
- The fates alas too cruell - Questa ordo by Luca Marenzio
- This Sweet and Merry Month of May by William Byrd (6 voices)
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| First Publication.
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1590
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| Librettist
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Thomas Watson (1555–1592)
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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Robert Devereux Essex (1565–1601)
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| Piece Style
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Renaissance
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| Instrumentation
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4-6 voices
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