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Author
John Farmer (1570-1601, English)
- was active in the 1590s in Dublin, Ireland
- organist and master of the choirboys at Christ Church
- one of the less well-known composers of the English Madrigal School
- Wikipedia Article
About the Piece
(much of thedescription comes from elements that were brought out by Forney and Machlis, The Enjoyment of Music, and the accompanying DVD)
- Genre is English madrigal
- 4 voices (SATB)
- changing textures, but mostly homophonic
- text is in English
- word painting
- lighthearted text
Purpose
- entertainment, inspired by Italian madrigals
Reflections
Part of me is excited about finally hearing a piece in English (having an untrained musical ear, I thus far in my life have mostly enjoyed music for its text). But this text isn't very deep, and I actually think I prefer the counterpoint in the previous work to the homophony (mostly) in this work.