It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley, Thomas)

First Publication 1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, lute, viol; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the lute; Scores featuring the viol; For voices with solo instruments; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr); For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Synthesized Performance
#692225 - 0.91MB - 1:04 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 78×⇩ - MP3 - Dadvid

MP3 file (audio)
Dadvid (2021/4/16)

Publisher Info. David Kemp, 2021.
Performers Synthesized MIDI
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Transcribed after Gordon J Callon for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#544854 - 0.04MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4211×⇩ - Chrisjbaum

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Chrisjbaum (2018/10/8)

 Complete Score (F major)
#544855 - 0.05MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2068×⇩ - Chrisjbaum

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Chrisjbaum (2018/10/8)

Editor Christopher Baum
Publisher. Info. Christopher Baum, 2018.
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 Complete Score
#420385 - 0.15MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2793×⇩ - GJC

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GJC (2016/4/23)

Editor Gordon Callon
Publisher. Info. Gordon Callon
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Complete Score
#692224 - 0.16MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 451×⇩ - Dadvid

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Dadvid (2021/4/16)

Arranger David Edward Kemp (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. David Edward Kemp, 2021.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Transcribed after Gordan J. Callon for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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For Voice and Piano (Ronald)

 Complete Score (EU)
#952647 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/28/!N - 92×⇩ - Maddeelay58

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Maddeelay58 (2025/1/24)

Arranger Landon Ronald (1873–1938)
Editor Madeleine Madrigal
Publisher. Info. Madeleine Madrigal, 2025.
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Misc. Notes Originally published in "The News Chronicle: Music for the Home ed. Ronald, L (1932). My copy is too badly damaged for a satisfactory scan, so I have transcribed and engraved it myself.
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Lyrics (1)

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General Information

Work Title It Was a Lover and His Lass
Alternative. Title
Composer Morley, Thomas
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ITM 79
Key G major
First Publication. 1600 in Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (London: W.Barley), no.6
Librettist William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation soprano, lute, bass viol
Extra Information This song appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (Act V, Scene 3), but the relationship of Morley's setting to the play is unclear.
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