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New page: A '''consort''' in musical terms, was a small instrumental - and sometimes vocal – musical ensemble that flourished in England before about 1700. It can also be extended to the music its...
A '''consort''' in musical terms, was a small instrumental - and sometimes vocal – musical ensemble that flourished in England before about 1700. It can also be extended to the music itself. The word was borrowed from the [[Italian]] “concerto”, which at that time had much the same meaning.
Any group of instruments of that day can be covered by the term, either disparate or made up of a number of the same instrument. Songs for solo voice with one of these ensembles (usually of [[viol]]s was a “consort song”. [[William Byrd]] was the leading composer of this form of song, which flourished particularly between 1575 and 1625.
[[Category: Music]]
Any group of instruments of that day can be covered by the term, either disparate or made up of a number of the same instrument. Songs for solo voice with one of these ensembles (usually of [[viol]]s was a “consort song”. [[William Byrd]] was the leading composer of this form of song, which flourished particularly between 1575 and 1625.
[[Category: Music]]