The English Nightingale

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A five-part recorder version of the classic English Nightingale melody used by Van Eyck, with ensemble divisions.

Forces: S A T B Gb

Difficulty: Medium – Hard

Catalogue: SE-07

PDF page count: 17p (score and parts)

Available Formats:
Printed score and parts (sheet music): £10
Instant download PDF (sheet music): £5.50
MP3 Audio Play-Alongs: £6
PDF + MP3 – Bundle: £11.50

Description

The melody which became known as ‘The English Nightingale’ almost certainly has its origins in England, possibly first heard in Thomas Campion’s The Lord’s Masque in 1613. In this work, ‘The Nightingale’s Response’ forms the song of Orpheus’s silver nightingale, responding to his master’s enchanting harp playing. 

This particular Nightingale tune was to become hugely popular, featuring in various keyboard, cittern and lute collections of the period and becoming a fashionable broadside ballad. This setting for recorder quintet takes anonymous keyboard settings from the seventeenth century, as well as Van Eyck’s famous solo recorder variations, as inspiration. 

Audio

A version of this arrangement can be heard on Fontanella’s album The Nightingale’s Response, BCR 015.

Additional information

Format

Instant download PDF, MP3 Audio Play-Alongs, PDF (Sheet Music) and MP3 (Audio) – Bundle, Printed score and parts

Difficulty

Hard

Number of parts

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