April is in my mistress' face
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April is in my mistress' face written by Thomas Morley is one of the best-known[citation needed] and shortest of English madrigals; it was published in 1594, and appears to be based on an Italian text by Livio Celiano, set by Orazio Vecchi in 1587.[1]
April is in my mistress' face,
And July in her eyes hath place;
Within her bosom is September,
But in her heart a cold December.
References[]
- ^ Phillip Ledger (ed) The Oxford Book of English Madrigals (1978) Oxford University Press, and co-issued recording, by Pro Cantione Antiqua
External links[]
- Free scores of April is in my mistress' face in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Categories:
- English madrigals
- 16th-century songs
- Compositions by Thomas Morley
- Song stubs