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Shakespeare's music. There can be no doubt that music played a considerable role in Shakespeare's plays, although very little of it has survived. Intended to highlight the qualities of a character, to intensify a dramatic situation or to create a certain mood, these songs were written by composers as varied a Byrd, Weelkes and Morley and are part of the very quintessence of Elizabethan music.
Shakespeare's music. There can be no doubt that music played a considerable role in Shakespeare's plays, although very little of it has survived. Intended to highlight the qualities of a character, to intensify a dramatic situation or to create a certain mood, these songs were written by composers as varied a Byrd, Weelkes and Morley and are part of the very quintessence of Elizabethan music. Read less
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1.
Non nobis Domine by William Byrd
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
2.
Strike it up tabor by Thomas Weelkes
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1608; England
3.
First Booke of Ayres: It was a lover and his lasse by Thomas Morley
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1600; England
4.
Take, o take those lips away by John Wilson
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; England
5.
O mistress mine, where are you roaming by Thomas Morley
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
6.
Willow Song by Anonymous
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
7.
How should I your true love know by Anonymous
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
8.
Divisions on "Walsingham" by Francis Cutting
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
9.
We be soldiers three by Traditional
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Written: England
10.
When griping griefs by Anonymous
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
11.
Caleno custure me by Anonymous
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
12.
Then they for sudden joy did weep by Anonymous
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
13.
Bonny sweet Robin by Anonymous
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: 17th Century; England
14.
When that I was and a little tine boy by Traditional
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
15.
Kemp's Jig by Traditional
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
16.
Greensleeves by Traditional
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
17.
He that will an alehouse keep by Anonymous
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Renaissance
Written: England
18.
Where the bee sucks by Robert Johnson
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; England
19.
Full fathom five by Robert Johnson
Performer:
Desmond Dupré (Lute)
Conductor:
Alfred Deller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Deller Consort
Period: Baroque
Written: 1611; England
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