The Triumphs of Oriana, written in honour of Queen Elizabeth, who is figured under that Name; 27 in Number: and one called The Farewell; set to Five and Six Voices, by the following eminent Composers, of which the Music of the Thirteenth and Twenty-third, was written, set, and published, by Thomas Morley. *. Michael Este 1. Daniell Norcome 3. Ellis Gibbons, Father of 4. John Benet 5. John Hilton, M.B. Organist of St. Margaret's 6. George Marson, M.B. 7. Richard Carton 8. John Holmes 9. Richard Nicolson 10. Thomas Tomkins 11. Michael Cavendish 15. John Wilbye 16. Thomas Hunt 17. Thomas Weelkes 18. John Milton, Father of the 19. Ellis Gibbons, (See No. 3) 28. Thomas Bateson, Oriana's As Italy gave the ton to the rest of Europe, but particularly to England, in all the fine arts, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it seems as if the idea of employing all the best Composers in the kingdom to set the songs in the Triumphs of Oriana to music, in honour of our virgin Queen, had been suggested to Morley, and his patron the Earl of Nottingham, by Padre Giovenale, afterwards Bishop of Saluzzo, who employed thirty-seven of the most renowned Italian Composers, to set Canzonetti and Madrigals, in honour of the Virgin Mary, published under the following title: Tempio Armonico della beatissima Virgine nostra Signora, fabbricatole per Opera del Reverendo P. Giovanale. A. P. della Congregatione deli' Oratorio. Prima Parte, a tre voci. Stampata in Roma da Nicolo Mutii. 1599, in 4to. The Orthography, &c. as given by Morley, have been scrupulously retained. 1. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. MICHAELL ESTE. HENCE stars! you dazel but the sight, You teach to grope by night, Then Phoebus wipt her eyes, In sweet accented cries; Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana, Long live faire Oriana ! "This song being sent too late, and all my other being printed, I placed it before the rest, rather than leave it out," 1. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. DANIELL NORCOME. WITH angels face and brightnesse, and orient hew, Faire Oriana shining, With nimble foot she tripped o'er hills and mountaines, At last in dale she rested. This is that maiden queene of the fayries land, With scepter in hir hand, The faunes and satiers dauncing, Did shew their nimble lightnes, Faire Naïs and the nimphs did leave their bowers, And brought their basket full of hearbs and flowers, 2. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. JOHN MUNDY, M. B. LIGHTLY she whipped o're the dales, Making the woods proud with hir presence, Gently she trode the flowres, And they as gently kist hir tender feet, The birds in their best language bad hir welcome, Being proud that Oriana heard their song, The cloue foot satires singing, Made musick to the faunes and dauncing, Whilst the aioyning wood with melody, Then sang the shepherds and nimphes of Diana, 3. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. LONG live fair Oriana, ELLIS GIBBONS. Heark, did you ever heare so sweet a singing, They sing young love to waken, The nimphes unto the woods their queens are bringing, Ther' was a note well taken, O good, hark! how ioyful-ly tis ditti'd, A queene and song most excellent-ly fitted, I never heard nor saw a fairer, Then sing ye shepherds and nimphes of Diana, 4. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. ALL cre'tures now are merry minded, The shepherd daughters playing, Yond bugle was wel win-ded, JOHN BENET. At Oriana's presence each thing smileth, The flowres themselues discover, Musick the time beguileth. See where she comes, with flowry garlands crowned, Queen of queens renowned, Then sang the shepherds and nimphes of Diana, 5. MADRIGAL for Five Voices. FAIRE Oriana beauties queene, JOHN HILTON, M. B. Tripped along the verdant greene, 6. MADRIGAL for Five Voices.. GEORGE MARSON, M. B. THE nimphs and shepheards daunced, Lauoltos in a dizy tapstrid vally, Love from their face lamps glaunced, Then in a rose bankt ally, Bright maiestie advanced, A croune grac't virgin whom all people honor; Runne all to looke upon hir. A moment scarce they gazed, Ere beauties splendor all their eies had dazed, Then sang the shepherds and nimphs of Diana, |