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ALF_1-6Music for a Medici WeddingThe music in this collection (a motet, 8 madrigals and 7 intermedi) was composed in 1539 for the wedding in Florence of Cosimo de'Medici and Eleonora de Toledo. The principal composer was Corteccia with contributions from Rampollini,Moschini, Festa and Masaconi. The set comprises nine pieces in 4 parts, three in 5 parts, two in 6 parts and one each in 8 & 9 parts with widely varying instrumentation. Full word setting Full score & parts £14.50
ALF_7Full score & parts £14.50 SATBTen songs for SATB published as part books in sets for singers, recorders or viols. Lute or guitar versions are available for accompanying a soprano, plus scores. All verses are set to the music.
1. Not full twelve years 2. What then is love? 3. Unto the temple 4. Now I see 5. Goe passions 6. Come Phillis 7. Faire, sweet cruell 8. Since first I saw 9. There is a Ladie 10. How shall I then?
Four singers £5.00 Four players (recorders or viols) £4.00 This edition is not available at the moment
ALF_8Farmer "You blessed bowers" à 8 SSATTTBBThis is a madrigal genuinely composed in eight parts and published in London in 1599. It is found at the back of the partbooks for his first set of "English Madrigals to Foure Voices". The scoring is SSATTTBB and it is a lively piece with the usual word painting.Good for voices and instruments combined. Full word setting. Parts for recorders and viols £1.60
ALF_9Taverner Quemadmodum à 6 SAATTBAll of the manuscripts which preserve this work are textless implying that instrumental performance was normal practice. However it has been discovered that the first two verses of the psalm "Quemadmodum desiderat cervum" fit the music perfectly. We have devised our own setting of these words for what we believe is the first time in print. 'Quem" is also most satisfying as an instrumental piece. You have a choice of the original pitch (OK for viols) or a fourth higher (better for recorders). Full word setting.
ALF_11Morales Missa "Mille Regretz" à 6 SATTTBWe are grateful to Mapa Mundi for permission to take these instrumental parts from Martyn Imrie's edition; no 55 in series A, Spanish and Portuguese Church Music. All sections of this mass make wonderful instrumental pieces. The only changes have been to reduce the word setting to entries at key places and to double the bar lengths. Singers can obtain scores from Mapa Mundi. Partial word setting. Parts for recorders £6.75 Parts for viols £5.95 Parts for recorders and viols £9.15
ALF_12Padilla Mexican Church Music à 4 SSAB SATBIn 1629, Juan Gutierrez de Padilla became maestro de capilla at Pueblo Cathedral, the richest musical establishment of the Spanish Empire. These four motets illustrate his intensely expressive style and rich use of harmony. The mood of all of them is sorrowful and agonised and they work very well instrumentally. Mapa Mundi have allowed us to create parts from their Series F No 4 publication of Stabat Mater, Transfige dulcissime Domine, Tristis est anima mea and Velum templi scissum est. No word setting. Scores available from Mapa Mundi. Parts for recorders and viols £2.10
ALF_13Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria Vol 1 S(A)TTTB SATBBFour anonymous pieces à 5 from this famous manuscript of the court where Marguerite governed the Estates of the Netherlands from 1506 to 1530. Her life was full of tragedy and this is reflected in the melancholy tone of much of the music. Two of these pieces contain canons; Dueil et ennuy and Quant il advient, and the other two are based on cantus firmus; Coeurs Desolez and Fors seulement. We are indebted to Professor Martin Picker of Rutgers University for permission to use his 1965 edition of these pieces as a basis for our word setting. Full word setting. Full word setting. Parts for recorders and viols £2.50
ALF_14Alfonso Ferrabosco I Three In Nomines à 5 SA(S)ATBOur edition has been derived from a single source in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. These In Nomines are fine representatives of this most English of instrumental forms and repay serious study. Number II is unusual in being in 6/4 time. Parts for recorders and viols £2.20
ALF_15English Lute Song Anthology SATBTen songs for SATB published as part books in sets for singers, recorders or viols, plus scores. All verses are set to the music. 2. Attey: Think not ’tis I 3. Cavendish: Say shepherds say 4. Dowland: The lowest trees have tops 5. Dowland: Farewell unkind 6. Robert Jones: Sweet come away 7. Robert Jones: What if I seeke 8. Pilkington: My choice is made 9. Pilkington: Rest sweet Nimphs 10. Pilkington: Now let her change
Four singers £5.00 Four players (recorders or viols) £4.00 This edition is not available at the moment
ALF_16Orlandus Lassus Two motets à 6 SAATTB SSATTBThis is another edition that derives from Mapa Mundi originals. Timor et Tremor is available as No 18 in the London Lassus series and Ave regina caelorum is from No 8 of the same series. Timor et Tremor is a powerful piece with spine tingling harmonic shifts which are taxing for players and singers alike but exciting when you get them right! By contrast, Ave regina caelorum is comparatively straightforward and a joyful piece. No word setting but translations provided. Parts for recorders and viols £1.80
ALF_17Four part Music for Advent and Christmas SATB SSATThis edition derives from the Mapa Mundi Anthology ‘Hodie Christus natus est’ (Series AN No 1) and the composers represented are Morales, Marenzio, Esquivel and de Cristo. They all work well instrumentally and words are set at key points to help with phrasing. Translations and the latin texts are included.
ALF_18Giaches de Wert “Egressus Iesus” à 7 SATB SSATThis is his most famous motet which survives in several sources and is used by Michael Praetorius in the Syntagma Musicum of 1618 as an illustration of combining voices with instruments. It helps performance if the words of Jesus and the woman of Canaan can be given different types of instrument or voices. Our edition originates from Mapa Mundi Series B No 24 and translations are provided. Partial word setting.
ALF_19Chansons Albums of Marguerite of Austria Vol 2 SATT ATTBThis manuscript is the main source of the secular work of Pierre de la Rue and this set contains five chansons in four parts, two of which have a rather high range and could, with advantage, be played down an octave. De la Rue seems to have been the favourite composer of Marguerite and most able to reflect her chronic melancholy. Full word setting. We are grateful to Martin Picker for the word underlay: De l' oeil de la fille, Secretz regretz, Il est bien hereux, Pour ce que je suis and Mijn hert altijt. Parts for recorders and viols £3.00
ALF_20Pierre de la Rue “ Considera Israel” ATTBThis is the third volume of music from the Chansons Albums of Marguerite of Austria. The four part motet Considera Israel, sets words from Samuel book two, which constitute David's lament on the deaths of Saul and Jonathan. It is a composition of sustained grandeur with contrast provided by lengthy sections in two and three voices. We are grateful to Martin Picker for allowing us to use his editions of the three sections which do not appear in the Marguerite manuscript. Full word setting. Next de la Rue
ALF_21Pierre de la Rue and Anon: Two triple canons à 6 S(A)ATBTB SATTBBIn the fourth volume of music from Marguerite's Chansons Albums, we have selected two triple canons. They are ingenious pieces notated in the original in three parts (2, 4 and 6) with each voice generating a canon at the fourth. Again we are indebted to Martin Picker for the use of his edition for the word underlay. Full word setting. Parts for recorders and viols £2.00
ALF_22Francisco Guerrero: Missa de la batalla escoutez à 5 SSATBWe published this five part mass to mark the 400th anniversary of Guerrero's death. It is called his battle mass because some of the motifs used are loosely based on Jannequin's chanson “La Guerre”. The music is lively and eminently playable; performance using voices and instruments is to be recommended. Again, we are grateful to Mapa Mundi for permission to publish playing parts from their edition; No 128 in Series A. Scores may be obtained from Mapa Mundi. Partial word setting.
ALF_23Luca Marenzio: Four madrigals and motets à 4 SATB AATBHere is another composer whose 400th anniversary we are remembering. Two madrigals, Dissi a l'amata mia and Vezzosi augelli, plus two motets, O Rex Gloriae and Tribus Miraculis, make up this set. This selection comes from Marenzio's later period when his style had developed more dissonance and complexity. Full word setting. Our own scores are available for singers. Next Marenzio
ALF_24Luca Marenzio: Two madrigals à 5 SATTB SSATBThese two madrigals are good examples of Marenzio's intense word setting and emphasis on their meaning. The music is full of word painting and anguish. Full word setting. Our own scores are available for singers. Next Marenzio ALF_25Luca Marenzio: Two madrigals à 6 SSTTTB SATTTBThese 6 part madrigals compliment each other in mood and sentiment, Se quel dolor being full of sadness and Leggiadrissima Eterna, having been written for the wedding of the Duke of Bracciano and Flavia Peretti in 1589, is a joyful piece. Full word setting. Our own scores are available for singers.
Parts for recorders and viols £3.75 Score £1.60
ALF_26Francisco Guerrero: Two motets à 6 Vol I SSATTBThe two motets here come from Mapa Mundi publications. Pastores loquebantur is a Christmas piece of unbroken celebration from Series A. No 17A and Surge propera amica mea from Series A. No 25 is a beautiful setting of words from the Song of Songs. Partial word setting.
ALF_27Francisco Guerrero: Two motets à 6 Vol II SSATBB SSATTBMore motets by Guerrero to mark the 400th anniversary. The opportunity of providing instrumental versions for non-singers was too good to miss! Better still, using voices and instruments gives you the best of both worlds. O Sacrum convivium comes from Mapa Mundi Series A. No 24 and Hei mihi, Domine from Series A. No 23. Partial word setting. Scores for singers available from Mapa Mundi. Parts for recorders and viols £1.90
ALF_28Luca Marenzio: Three madrigals à 4 SATB ATTBSome more four part pieces. Non al suo amanti and Chi vuol'udir come from Madrigali à 4 1585 and Affliger chi per voi from Madrigali à 4, 5, 6 1588. Use a minim pulse to get the correct sense from the phrasing and revel in the word painting. Full word setting. Scores for singers available from Alfredston.
ALF_29Pedro de Cristo: Three motets à 4 SATBiIn 1571, Pedro de Cristo took vows at the Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra Portugal, where he eventually became mestre de capela. Very little of his music has been published until recently and these motets come from a new edition by Owen Rees of a Coimbra manuscript. We are grateful to him and the publishers Gordon and Breach for permission to use their edition for these two small selections, ALF 29 & ALF 30.
O crux venerabilis, Miserere mei Domine and Lachrimans sitivit anima mea Full word setting.
ALF_30Pedro de Cristo: Two motets à 5 SAATB SSTBBThis set contains two five part motets from the same manuscript as ALF 29. Full word setting.
ALF_31William Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1589: Vol I SATTB |
