The House of Tudor reigned from Henry VII through Elizabeth I, and during this time, the arts were loved and supported by church and state alike. This support gave rise to a new type of English secular music, music that was not folk music and didn’t belong to the church. Though the Tudor poets are better known than the composers, the composers have left quite a legacy. On this edition of Exploring Music, we’ll listen to William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and to Henry VIII, who himself wrote a number of pieces!
Tudor Music
Playlist
Episode 1
Cornysh, William and Anonymous: “Fa La Sol & La Doune Celle”
The Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
2:53
Cornysh, William: “Ave Maria, Mater Dei”
Cardinall’s Musick/ Carwood
Latin Church Music / The Cardinall’s Musick
ASV 164
2:44
Fayrfax, Robert: “Most clear of colour” & “I love, loved, and loved wolde I be”
Cardinall’s Musick/ Carwood
Missa O Bone Ihesu / Salve Regina / Magnificat O Bone Ihesu
ASV 184
4:28
Henry VIII: “Tandernaken”
The Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
1:50
Henry VIII: “Grene Growith the Holly”
Anonymous 4
Wolcum Yule / Andrew Lawrence-king, Anonymous 4
HM 907325
3:52
Henry VIII: “Rose Without a Thorn” “Departure is my chief pain” (excerpts)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music For The Courts Of Europe / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Lon B0000807
4:21
Anonymous: Excerpts from the Mulliner Book (underscore Bill)
The Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
2:18
Anonymous: Excerpts from the Mulliner Book
The Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
:59
Tallis, Thomas: “Spem in Alium”
The Tallis Scholars/ Phillips
The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis
Gimell 454906
9:39
Tallis, Thomas: “Why Fum’th in Sight” from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
Theatre of Voices & The King’s Noyse
Lamentations, Motets, String Music
HM 907154
3:44
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Introduction And Allegro, Etc; Vaughan Williams / Orpheus CO
DG 419191
14:09
Henry VIII: “Grene Growith the Holly” (excerpt)
Anonymous 4
Wolcum Yule / Andrew Lawrence-king, Anonymous 4
HM 907325
1:30
Episode 2
Tallis, Thomas: “Like as the Doleful Dove”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Lamentations, Motets, String Music
HM 907154
1:37
Tallis, Thomas: The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Tallis Scholars/ Phillips
Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gimell 454966
21:48
Tallis, Thomas: “A Solfing Song”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Lamentations, Motets, String Music
HM 907154
2:00
Tallis, Thomas: “If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments”
Theatre of Voices/Hillier & The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Lamentations, Motets, String Music
HM 907154
2:00
Tallis, Thomas: “Fond Youth is a Bubble”
Theatre of Voices/Hillier & The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Lamentations, Motets, String Music
HM 907154
3:35
Tallis, Thomas: “Miserere Nostri”
Tallis Scholars/ Phillips
Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gimell 454966
2:24
Byrd, William: Lament on the death of Thomas Tallis, “Ye Sacred Muses”
Wenzinger Consort of Viols; Deller, conductor
William Byrd & His Age /Deller, Wenzinger Consort of Viols
Vanguard 8101
3:48
Byrd, William: Pavan and Galliard in 6 Parts
Fretwork
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:08
Byrd, William: “Laudate Pueri Dominum”
The Cardinall’s Musick/ Carwood
Cantiones Sacrae 1575
ASV 197
4:10
Byrd, William: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book “Earl of Oxford’s March”
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Battles For Brass
Lon B0000807
3:11
Byrd, William: Fantasia No. 3 in 6 Parts
Fretwork
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:19
Episode 3
Byrd, William: Preludium
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Mascharada (Music At The Bückeburg Court Of Ernst III
-Musique À La Cour De Bückeburg Au Temps D’Ernst III)
HM 907180
5:27
Byrd, William: Preludium (excerpt)
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Mascharada (Music At The Bückeburg Court Of Ernst III
-Musique À La Cour De Bückeburg Au Temps D’Ernst III)
HM 907180
:49
Byrd, William: “Quomodo Cantabimus”
The Cardinall’s Musick/ Carwood
Early Latin Church Music; Propers for Epiphany
ASV 179
8:41
Byrd, William: “Come, Woeful Orpheus”
The Newberry Consort/ Springfels; Ellen Hargis, soprano
A Candle In The Dark (Elizabethan Songs & Consort Music)
HM 907140
3:22
Byrd, William: La Volta
Christopher Wilson, lute
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
1:36
Picforth: In Nomine
The Newberry Consort/ Springfels
A Candle In The Dark (Elizabethan Songs & Consort Music)
HM 907140
3:04
Tye, Chirstopher: In Nomine XIII, ‘Trust’
The Newberry Consort/ Springfels
A Candle In The Dark (Elizabethan Songs & Consort Music)
HM 907140
1:28
Byrd, William: Masses for 3 Voices “Angus Dei”
Pro Arte Singers/ Hillier
The Three Masses
HM 907223
3:02
Byrd, William: Masses for 4 Voices “Angus Dei”
Pro Arte Singers/ Hillier
The Three Masses
HM 907223
3:27
Byrd, William: Masses for 5 Voices “Angus Dei”
Pro Arte Singers/ Hillier
The Three Masses
HM 907223
3:12
Anonymous: “Robin is to the Greenwood Gone”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
“The King’s Delight”. 17 C. Ballads For Voice & Violin Band
HM 907101
:52
Simpson, Thomas: Ricercar: Bonny Sweet Robin
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
“The King’s Delight”. 17 C. Ballads For Voice & Violin Band
HM 907101
3:25
Anonymous: “Blew-cap for Me”
The King’s Noyse; Hargis, soprano
“The King’s Delight”. 17 C. Ballads for Voice & Violin Band
HM 907101
3:45
Byrd, William: “Ave Verum Corpus”
The Cambridge Singers/ Rutter
Faire Is The Heaven (Music of The English Church)
Collegium 107
3:41
Playford, John: “Stingo 2, Newcastle” (excerpt)
Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
1:33
Episode 4
Taverner, John (b.1490): “Dum Transisset Sabbatum”
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ Ledger
Music For Holy Week / Philip Ledger
EMI 65103
8:17
Tavener, John (b.1944): “The Hidden Face”
Fretwork; Chance, contratenor
The Hidden Face
HM 907285
17:33
Playford, John: “Stingo 1 & 2”
Folger Consort
Playing with Fire
Bard 9510
3:30
Gibbons, Orlando: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Pavana & Galiarda
Koopman, harpsichord
Harpsichord Recital: Koopman, Ton Picchi, G. Gibbons, O. Morley, T. Bull, J.
Farnaby, G. Byrd, W. / Philips, P. / Playford, J.
Capriccio 10211
6:56
Bull, John: “Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La”
Charivari Agréable
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Signum 009
5:32
Anonymous: “The Little Barleycorn”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass; Hargis, soprano
The King’s Delight: 17th Century Ballads for Voice & Violin Band
HM 907101
3:29
Playford, John: “Stingo 2, Newcastle” (excerpt) +
Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
3:12
Playford, John: “Stingo 2, Newcastle” (excerpt)
Folger Consort
Playing with Fire – Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Bard 9510
1:19
Episode 5
Locke, Matthew: Music for His Majesty’s Cornetts and Sackbuts
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Battles For Brass
Lon B0000807
8:13
Dowland, John: “In Darkness Let Me Dwell”
The Newberry Consort/ Springfels; Hargis, soprano
A Candle In The Dark (Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music)
HM 907140
3:56
Dowland, John: “Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass
Seaven Teares (Music of John Dowland)
HM 907275
6:14
Dowland, John: “Come, Heavy Sleeper” “Sorrow Stay”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass; Hargis, soprano
Seaven Teares (Music of John Dowland)
HM 907275
7:32
Dowland, John: King of Denmark’s Galliard
Paul O’Dette, lute
Dowland: Complete Lute Works
HM 907162
2:47
Dowland, John: “Flow My Teares”
The King’s Noyse/ Douglass; Hargis, soprano
Seaven Teares (Music Of John Dowland)
HM 907275
4:13
Dowland, John: “Pavan Lachrimae Antiquae” (Flow My Teares)
Fretwork
Fretwork
Virgin 90795
4:10
Anonymous: Pavana, Gallyard, and Dance
Hesperion XX
Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558 – 1603
Alia Vox 9804
4:14
Purcell, Henry: “Music for a While”
Battle, soprano
Salzburg Recital
DG 415361
3:49
Strogers, Nicholas: In Nomine a 5 No. 3
Hesperion XX
Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558 – 1603
Alia Vox 9804
1:58
Henry VIII: “Grene Growith the Holly” (excerpt)
Anonymous 4
Wolcum Yule / Andrew Lawrence-king, Anonymous 4
HM 907325
1:30