Consort Pieces in Five & Six Parts

Edited by Christopher Field and David PintoThe rich store of music in this volume includes the In Nomine 'Through All Parts' the 'Dovehouse Pavan' the four- and five-part hexachord compositions with their radical and exploratory modulations Ben Jonson's A Hymn to God the Father in a four-note ostinato setting tuneful almains and the four-part version of 'On the Hexachord'.A set of string parts for the five-part pieces (Cat. No. H443 Price: £24.50A) are now available. Compatible parts for the six-part pieces edited by David Pinto are already published and are available from Corda Music Publications 183 Beech Road St Albans Herts AL3 5AN. Telephoneand Fax No. 01727 852752. E-mail: music@cordamus.demon.co.uk. Website: www.cordamusic.co.uk.First published in 2004. Hardback.

Par HENRY VIII. Thirty-Five Compositions By King Henry VIII is a unique collection, containing King Henry VIII’s complete secular works. These works consist of part-songs and instrumental consorts, and have been transcribed and edited by John Stevens. The collection is a mixture of instrumental pieces and pieces for vocal ensemble, mostly in three parts, with about half-a-dozen in four. Seventeen of the pieces are instrumental, though it is perfectly possible (and historically accurate) to play the vocal pieces on instruments if preferred. In the instrumental pieces no instruments are stipulated. The top staff is treble, the second is written in the trebleclef but sounds an octave lower, as for vocal tenor, and the lowest line is a for a bass clef melody instrument. Either flute or recorder would work well for the top line in most of these pieces, which usually go no lower than around middle C. The bassoon could play either the second or third line. And the line left over could be played on keyboard. This is not harmonic music however. There are no chords, nor would it be easy of idiomatic for the keyboard player to vamp or otherwise extemporise harmonies. The pieces are printed in score, so two players might share one copy, but two copies would be ideal if the keyboard player is also taking part, and three of course if the players want to practise separately./ Recueil / Piano