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1. Cynthia’s Revels (1600)
P.1.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears (H. Youll) Q text 1.2.65-75
P.1.2/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Oh, that joy so soon should waste!, Setting 1 (Anon.)
P.1.2/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Oh, that joy so soon should waste!, Setting 2 (H. Lawes)
2. Poetaster (1601)
P.2.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): If I freely may discover, Setting 1 (Anon.)
P.2.1/2(a) (Full score , MIDI ): If I freely may discover, Setting 2, Version a (H. Lawes)
P.2.1/2(b) (Full score , MIDI ): If I freely may discover, Setting 2, Version b (H. Lawes)
3. Eastward Ho! (1605)
P.3.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Sleep, wayward thoughts (J. Dowland)
P.3.2/1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Spanish Pavan, Setting 1 (with ballad text, ‘When Samson was a tall young man’)
P.3.2/2 (Full score , MIDI ): The Spanish Pavan, Setting 2 (with Jonson’s parodic text ‘When Samson was a tall young man’)
P.3.3 (Full score , MIDI ): Mistress, since you so much desire (T. Campion)
P.3.4/1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Merry Milkmaids, Setting 1 (with Shakespeare text, ‘And will he not come again?’)
P.3.4/2 (Full score , MIDI ): The Merry Milkmaids, Setting 2 (with Jonson’s text, ‘His head as white as milk’)
P.3.5 (Full score , MIDI ): Now, oh now, I needs must part (J. Dowland)
P.3.6 (Full score , MIDI ): O hone, hone, O no nera (Tune: Franklin is fled away)
P.3.7/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Labandala Shot, Setting 1 (with ballad text, ‘I wail in woe’)
P.3.7/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Labandala Shot, Setting 2 (with Jonson’s text ‘In Cheapside famous for gold and plate’)
4. Volpone (1606)
P.4.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, my Celia, let us prove (A. Ferrabosco II)
5. Epicene (1609)
P.5.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Still to be neat, still to be dressed, Setting 1 (W. Lawes)
P.5.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Still to be neat, still to be dressed, Setting 2 (Anon.)
6. Catiline His Conspiracy (1611)
P.6.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): It is decreed. Nor shall thy fate, O Rome, Setting 1 (S. Pepys; J. Hingeston)
P.6.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): It is decreed. Nor shall thy fate, O Rome, Setting 2 (C. Morelli)
7. Bartholomew Fair (1614)
P.7.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Packington’s Pound (with unidentified Dutch text, ‘Goddinne, wiens minne mijn sinnen altyd’)
P.7.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Packington’s Pound (with Jonson’s text ‘My masters and friends, and good people draw near’)
8. The Devil Is an Ass (1616)
P.8.1(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Have you seen but a white lily grow, Version a (?R. Johnson)
P.8.1(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Have you seen but a white lily grow, Version b (?R. Johnson)
P.8.1(c) (Full score , MIDI ): Have you seen but a white lily grow, Version c (?R. Johnson)
P.8.1(d) (Full score , MIDI ): Have you seen but a white lily grow, Version d (?R. Johnson)
P.8.1(e) (Full score , MIDI ): Have you seen but a white lily grow, Version e (?R. Johnson)
9. The Sad Shepherd (1641)
P.9.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Though I am young and cannot tell, Setting 1 (J. Wilson)
P.9.1/2(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Though I am young and cannot tell, Setting 2, Version a (N. Lanier)
P.9.1/2(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Though I am young and cannot tell, Setting 2, Version b (N. Lanier)
1. A Private Entertainment at Highgate (1604)
M.1.1 (Full score , MIDI ): See, see, oh, see, who here is come a-maying! (M. Peerson)
2. The Masque of Blackness (1605)
M.2.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Come away, come away (A. Ferrabosco II)
3. Hymenaei (1606)
M.3.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Essex Antic Masque (Anon.)
M.3.2: The First of my Lord of Essex (Anon.)
M.3.3: The Second [of my Lord of Essex] (Anon.)
M.3.4: The Third [of my Lord of Essex] (Anon.)
4. The Masque of Beauty (1608)
M.4.1 (Full score , MIDI ): So beauty on the waters stood (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.4.2(a) (Full score , MIDI ): If all these Cupids now were blind, Version a (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.4.2(b) (Full score , MIDI ): If all these Cupids now were blind, Version b (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.4.3 (Full score , MIDI ): It was no policy of court (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.4.4 (Full score , MIDI ): Yes, were the Loves or false, or straying (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.4.5 (Full score , MIDI ): Had those that dwell in error foul (A. Ferrabosco II)
5. The Haddington Masque (1608)
M.5.1/1(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Beauties, have you seen a toy, Setting 1, Version a (H. Lawes)
M.5.1/1(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Beauties, have you seen a toy, Setting 1, Version b (H. Lawes)
M.5.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Beauties, have you seen a toy, Setting 2 (Anon.)
M.5.2(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Why stays the bridegroom to invade, Version a (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.5.2(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Why stays the bridegroom to invade, Version b (A. Ferrabosco II)
6. The Masque of Queens (1609)
M.6.1(a) (Full score , MIDI ): The First Witches’ Dance, Version a (?R. Johnson)
M.6.1(b) (Full score , MIDI ): The First Witches’ Dance, Version b (?R. Johnson, arr. W. Brade)
M.6.2: The Second Witches’ Dance (?R. Johnson)
M.6.3 (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The First of the Queen’s Masque) (? A. Ferrabosco II)
M.6.4 (Full score , MIDI ): Brand (The Second of the Queen’s Masque) (?R. Johnson or ?A. Ferrabosco II, arr. W. Brade)
M.6.5 (Full score , MIDI ): If all the ages of the earth (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.6.6(a) (Full score , MIDI ): The Last of the Queen’s Masque, Version a (Anon., arr. J. Dowland?)
M.6.6(b) (Full score , MIDI ): The Last of the Queen’s Masque, Version b (Anon.)
Appendix
M.6.7 (Full score , MIDI )A: The Witches’ Song (R. J. S. Stevens)
7. Oberon (1611)
M.7.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Catch: ‘Buzz’, quoth the blue fly (E. Nelham)
M.7.2 (Full score , MIDI ): (The Satyrs’ Masque) (R. Johnson, arr. T. Simpson)
M.7.3: The Fairies’ Masque (?R. Johnson)
M.7.4(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The First of the Prince’s Masque), Version a (five-part) (R. Johnson, arr. W. Brade)
M.7.4(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The First of the Prince’s Masque), Version b (six-part) (R. Johnson)
M.7.5 (Full score , MIDI ): Nay, nay, You must not stay (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.7.6(a) (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The Second of the Prince’s Masque), Version a (five-part) (R. Johnson, arr. W. Brade)
M.7.6(b) (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The Second of the Prince’s Masque), Version b (six-part) (R. Johnson)
M.7.7 (Full score , MIDI ): Gentle knights (A. Ferrabosco II)
M.7.8 (Full score , MIDI ): Almande (The Third of the Prince’s Masque) (?R. Johnson)
8. Love Freed From Ignorance and Folly (1611)
M.8.1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Fools’ Masque (Anon.)
M.8.2 (Full score , MIDI ): Oh, what a fault, nay, what a sin (?A. Ferrabosco II)
M.8.3 (Full score , MIDI ): How near to good is what is fair! (A. Ferrabosco II)
Appendix
M.8.4A (Full score , MIDI ): Senses by unjust force banish’d (?A. Ferrabosco II)
9. The Vision of Delight (1617)
M.9.1(a) (Full score , MIDI ): I was not wearier where I lay, Version a (Diplomatic transcription) (?N. Lanier)
M.9.1(b) (Full score , MIDI ): I was not wearier where I lay, Version b (Editorial reconstruction)
10. Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue (1618) and ( For the Honour of Wales (1618)
M.10.1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Goats’ Masque (Anon.)
M.10.2: The First of the Prince’s Masques (Anon.)
M.10.3: The Second [of the Prince’s Masques] (Anon.)
M.10.4: The Third [of the Prince’s Masques] (Anon.)
11. News from the New World Discovered in the Moon (1620)
M.11.1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Birds’ Dance (Anon.)
12. The Gypsies Metamorphosed (1621)
M.12.1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Gypsies’ Masque (Anon.)
M.12.2 (Full score , MIDI ): From the famous peak of Derby (R. Johnson)
M.12.3 (Full score , MIDI ): To the old, long life and treasure (Anon.)
M.12.4 (Full score , MIDI ): Why, this is a sport (E. Chilmead)
M.12.5/1 (Full score , MIDI ): An old man is a bed full of bones, Setting 1 (Trad.)
M.12.5/2 (Full score , MIDI ): An old man is a bed full of bones, Setting 2 (with Jonson’s text, ‘Cock Lorel would needs have the devil his guest’)
Appendix
M.12.6A (Full score , MIDI ): To the old, long life and treasure (S. Webbe)
13. The Masque of Augurs (1622)
M.13.1 (Full score , MIDI ): The Bears’ Dance (Anon.)
M.13.2/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Jog On, Setting 1 (Traditional tune)
M.13.2/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Jog On, Setting 2 (Traditional tune, with ballad text ‘Though it may seem rude’)
M.13.3 (Full score , MIDI ): Do not expect to hear of all (N. Lanier)
14. Time Vindicated to Himself and to his Honours (1623)
M.14.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Half Hannikin (Trad.)
15. The Fortunate Isles and their Union (1625)
M.15.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, noble nymphs, and do not hide, Setting 1 (Anon.)
M.15.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, noble nymphs, and do not hide, Setting 2 (W. Webb)
16. The King’s Entertainment at Welbeck (1633)
M.16.1 (Full score , MIDI ): What softer sounds are these (W. Lawes)
1. Epigrams (1616)
N.1.1 (Full score , MIDI ): ‘Underneath this stone doth lie’ (124. ‘Epitaph on Elizabeth, L. H.’) (R. J. S. Stevens)
1. The Forest (1616)
N.2.1/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes (9. Song: To Celia), Setting 1 (?H. Harington)
N.2.1/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes, Setting 2 (Anon.)
N.2.1/3 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes, Setting 3 (Mr Andrews)
N.2.1/4 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes (The Thirsty Lover), Setting 4 (?J. Oswald)
N.2.1/5 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes, Setting 5 (T. Linley Sr)
N.2.1/6 (Full score , MIDI ): Drink to me only with thine eyes (To Celia, A Song), Setting 6 (Anon.)
2. The Underwood (1641)
N.3.1 (Full score , MIDI ): Hear me, O God! (1.2. A Hymn to God the Father) (A. Ferrabosco II)
N.3.2 (Full score , MIDI ): See, the chariot at hand here of Love (A Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces, 2.4. Her Triumph) (?J. Gamble)
N.3.3 (Full score , MIDI ): For Love’s sake, kiss me once again (A Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces, 2.7. Begging Another, on Colour of Mending the Former) (?R. Johnson)
N.3.4/1 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, with our voices let us war (3. The Musical Strife, in a Pastoral Dialogue), Setting 1 (Anon.)
N.3.4/2 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, with our voices let us war, Setting 2 (J. Wilson)
N.3.5 (Full score , MIDI ): Do but consider this small dust (8. ‘The Hourglass’) (A. Ferrabosco II)
N.3.6 (Full score , MIDI ): Or scorn or pity on me take (11. ‘The Dream’) (J. Wilson)
N.3.7 (Full score , MIDI ): Come, let us here enjoy the shade (36. ‘A Song’) (T. Ford)