Apparently, as a historical note, Mr. Alison's "Psalms of David Set In Meter" for four voices and broken consort (sorry for the modernized spelling. I don't have the book in front of me, and don't want to fake it.) was one of the two books carried to the "new world" by my ancestors on the "Mayflower." The other was, of course, the Genevan Psalter. Best to all, C.
>>> Peter Nightingale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/29/2008 11:04 AM >>> And then there seems to be this: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/whatday.htm by Thomas Campion with lyrics not unlike Stephen's, from "Richard Alison's An Howres Recreation in Musicke (1606)" Should I know who Mr. Alison is? Peter. On Wed, 28 May 2008, Stephen Fryer wrote: > Stewart McCoy wrote: > >> Do you mean "What is a day", which is no. 18 in Philip Rosseter's lute >> song collection, _A Booke of Ayres_ (London, 1601)? > > Different song. > > If you had asked me a month ago I had all the details to hand, but I had a > computer crash and haven't recovered all the files yet :( I have them > somewhere in my papers but .... > > The tablature is in Jane Pickering's lute book. The words are as follows: > > What if a day or a month or a year > Crown thy delight with a thousand wisht contentings? > Cannot the chance of a night or an hour > Cross thee again with as many sad lamentings? > > Wanton pleasures, doting love > Are but shadowes flying. > Fortune, honoure, beutee, youth > Are but blossoms dieing. > > All our joies > Are but toyes > Idle thoughts deceiving. > None haue pow'r > Of an hour > Of their life's bereaving. > > Stephen Fryer > > ************************************************** > The more answers I find, the more questions I have > ************************************************** > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > the next auto-quote is: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. (Charles Darwin) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881
