Name: I would thou wert not faire, or I were wise (No.12 from a Book of Ayres) (arr. Scott S. Stewart) by John Bartlet Piano & Vocal Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Scott S. Stewart
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I would thou wert not faire, or I were wise (No.12 from a Book of Ayres) (arr. Scott S. Stewart)
by John Bartlet Piano & Vocal - Digital Sheet Music

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Title I would thou wert not faire, or I were wise (No.12 from a Book of Ayres) (arr. Scott S. Stewart)

Artist John Bartlet

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer John Bartlet

Arranger Scott S. Stewart

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 8

Arrangement Piano & Vocal

Publisher Scott S. Stewart

Level 3

Product ID 1788598

Genre Traditional Classical Renaissance 21st Century

Instruments Piano Voice

Product Description

John Bartlet was an English Renaissance composer (fl. 16061610). In his only publication, A Booke of Ayres with a Triplicitie of Musicke, published in 1606, he describes himself as a "Gentleman and Practitioner in this art." The song I would thou wert not fair, or I were wise first appeared in one of Nicholas Bretons character books The Strange Fortunes of Two Excellent Princes (1600). Breton, a prolific English writer, was known for his lyrical poems, and unfortunately outlived his reputation. In Bretons The Strange Fortunes, a tête-a-tête occurs: Lady Mirella takes to her lute and sings to the Page [the Prince Fantiro incognito] (who sits in her chamber unseen by means of a curtain of crimson damask between them; she sings): I would thou wert not fair, or I were wise. Thus the marriage of Bretons lyrics and Bartlets music gives us a simple, flirtatious ayre. This new setting is scored for solo voice with piano accompaniment. Performance time: 4:05+-

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