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MORLEY – Song ‘Now is the month of Maying’ – 5 CELLOS

Other Identification:
“Now is the month of maying” is one of the most famous of the English balletts (a light dancelike part song similar to a madrigal, frequently with a ‘fa-la-la’ chorus). It was written by Thomas Morley and published in 1595. It is based on the canzonet So ben mi ch’a bon tempo used by Orazio Vecchi in his 1590 ‘Selva di varia ricreatione’. It was printed in Thomas Morley’s First Book of Ballets to Five Voyces (1595). The song delights in bawdy double-entendre. It is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for flirtatious sexual activity!
Movements or sections:
Song set in dance-like mode.
Instrumentation:
QUINTET OF FIVE CELLOS
Also fine in Cello Orchestra / use in the Cello class etc.

Arranged by David Johnstone
Edited presentation by Marçal Ayats

2 PDFs:
1] – General Score
2] – All individual parts
Approximate difficulty:
Easy to Medium

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