Hi,
I have a problem with the very beginning of the bass line, when it goes down like that: C Bb A G I realize I've always sung Ab, which, according to the scores edited here at cpdl, seems wrong.
However, I'm now feeling strange when singing the A natural! Perhaps because I've got used to the first version?
I've been unable to find a free facsimile of this piece on the net, and thus would be interested by any comment by one of the editors, or anyone feeling reliable on the subject
Thanks
edited : I perhaps should have posted in "Musical questions", sorry
A question about Byrd's Lullaby
Alain,
The published version (in Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs... [1588, with at least 3 more editions thereafter]) is a tone higher, in A with no key-signature, and the passage in question is clearly D C B A - I have facsimiles of both the 3rd (1588) and 5th (c.1607) editions in front of me as I write. I don't have access to a facsimile of the manuscript version in G, but the version in the Oxford Book of English Madrigals (sic!) is based on it and again, it's C Bb A G. It feels odd because of the A flats in the melody (in the Medius part) - but Byrd enjoyed a bit of "bimodality".
DF
PS - I'll move this to Musical Questions - and I hope the above is a "Musical Answer".
The published version (in Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs... [1588, with at least 3 more editions thereafter]) is a tone higher, in A with no key-signature, and the passage in question is clearly D C B A - I have facsimiles of both the 3rd (1588) and 5th (c.1607) editions in front of me as I write. I don't have access to a facsimile of the manuscript version in G, but the version in the Oxford Book of English Madrigals (sic!) is based on it and again, it's C Bb A G. It feels odd because of the A flats in the melody (in the Medius part) - but Byrd enjoyed a bit of "bimodality".
DF
PS - I'll move this to Musical Questions - and I hope the above is a "Musical Answer".