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 and shortest of English madrigal
s; it was published in 1594, and appears to be based on an Italian text by Livio Celiano, set by Orazio Vecchi
in 1587.
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.
Thomas Morley
Thomas Morley was an English composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost member of the English Madrigal School. He was the most famous composer of secular music in Elizabethan England and an organist at St Paul's Cathedral...
is one of the best-known and shortest of English madrigal
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s; it was published in 1594, and appears to be based on an Italian text by Livio Celiano, set by Orazio Vecchi
Orazio Vecchi
Orazio Vecchi was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He is most famous for his madrigal comedies, particularly L'Amfiparnaso.- Life :...
in 1587.
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.