Ye Sacred Muses

Ye Sacred Muses

Ye Sacred Muses is William Byrd's Musical elegy on the death of his colleague and sometime mentor, Thomas Tallis. It is scored for 5 vv (usually four viols and countertenor).

The words are:-

:Ye sacred Muses, race of Jove, :whom Music's lore delighteth,:Come down from crystal heav'ns above:to earth where sorrow dwelleth,:In mourning weeds, with tears in eyes: :Tallis is dead, and Music dies.

The concluding lines are particularly effective and are repeated.

Reference

* [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ye_sacred_muses_(William_Byrd) Words and music links] at the ChoralWiki (requires NoteWorthy Composer)
* [http://jfa.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/~john/webstar/john/Wolftooth/Music/Muses.html Informal performance by 'Wolftooth' (viol consort and alto)]


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