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Line 1: − '''Thomas Morley''', (1557-1603), [[English]] [[Elizabethan]] [[composer]], had a relatively successful life. He was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, organist at St. Pauls, [[London]], the writer of “''Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke''” (which was popular for two centuries and is still a major source of information about Elizabethan music making), held for a period the royal monopoly on music publishing, and probably knew [[Shakespeare]] as he wrote music for various of the Bard’s plays.+ − − He was one of the greatest of the English [[madrigal]]ists, wrote much fine instrumental and church music and is known for his light and lilting [[lute song]]s of the ''ballett'' style; including perhaps the most well-known song of the age, and the standard bearer for its type: Shakespeare’s “''It was a lover and his lass''” from "''As you Like it''" − :"It was a lover and his lass, − ::With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, − :That o'er the green corn-field did pass, − ::In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, − :When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; − :Sweet lovers love the spring. − − :Between the acres of the rye, − ::With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, − :These pretty country folks would lie, − ::In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, − :When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding − :Sweet lovers love the spring. − − :This carol they began that hour, − ::With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, − :How that life was but a flower − ::In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, − :When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; − :Sweet lovers love the spring. − − :And, therefore, take the present time − ::With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, − :For love is crownèd with the prime − ::In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, − :When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; − :Sweet lovers love the spring." − − ==See also== − *[[Madrigal]] − *[[Lute song]] − − [[Category: Composers]] − {{DEFAULTSORT: Morley, Thomas}}
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