5 English Songs of the 15th century

These English songs from around the middle of the fifteenth century come from three sources: Oxford, Bodleian,Library MS Selden B 26 (Tappster, dryngker),same library, MS Ashmole 191 (Go hert hurt with adversite) and British Library, Add. MS 5665 – the so called Ritson MS (the remaining songs).

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*Five Medieval Songs.* My wofull hert is in the form of a ballade, with a final melisma that is common to the ends of both sections, also found in Now helpe, Fortune. While the two longer songs (2-3) have the mellifluous elegance characteristic of the rather beautiful songs attributed variously to John Bedyngham and Walter Frye, Tappster, dryngkerr, with its slightly cruder partwriting, seems to belong to a different tradition. For 3 voices or instruments.

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1. Tappster, dryngker
2. Now helpe, Fortune
3. My wofull hert
4. Be pes! Ye mak me spille my ale!
5. Go hert, hurt with advertise

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Score: 3 parts @ 8 pages ea.