THE TRIUMPHES OF ORIANA
- Created by: A.E. GILLIAN
- Created on: 23-02-14 13:59
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- A collection of 29 madrigals by 26 composers
- Edited and published by MORLEY
- It is a comprehensive example of secular vocal music being composed in England at the time.
- It was modelled on a similar Italian anthology published in 1592 called IL TRIOFO DI DORO.
- Morley aimed to match the Italian set.
- All the leading English musicians contributed to the set.
- Hard by a Crystal Fountain is a PARODY of an Italian model Ove tra l'herbe e I fiori by Croce which was published in Il Trionfo di Dori in 1592.
- Morley allowed himself 2 pieces...Hard by a Crystal Fountain and Arise, Awake.
- Wilbye, Weelkes, Bennet, Farmer, Byrd, Gibbons contributed
- ORIANA was the poetic name for QUEEN ELIZABETH I
- Each madrigal in the collection ended with the refrain 'Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana, long live fair Orian'
- The refrain was a tribute to honour the Queen
- THE TRIUMPHES OF ORIANA, THOMAS MORLEY
- Morley would have known Croce's madrigal through its appearance in Nicholas YONGE'S 2nd MUSICA TRANSALPINA
- Queen Elizabeth was very old and had no children
- THE TRIUMPHES OF ORIANA was published by MORLEY in 1601
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