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'''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]]
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