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The composition of art song in England and English-speaking countries has a long history, beginning with lute song in the late 16th century and continuing today. ==English Art song in the 17th Century== The composition of polyphonic music was at its peak in the late 16th century. By that time, however, the lute started to gain popularity, and was very common among educated people by 1600. The Italians were trying to recapture a simpler vocal style, to mimic Greek models. Giulio Caccini and the Florentine Camerata developed the monody, for solo voice with lute accompaniment, around 1600. Caccini traveled around Europe, other countries begin developing their own solo songs with lute, especially the English composers. John Dowland (1563–1626) and Thomas Campion (1567–1620) emerged as the best-known and most respected of the composers of lute song. Later in the 17th century, Henry Purcell (1659–95) composed many solo songs for his semi-operas, and his songs are also generally considered among the best early English Art songs.〔See "British Song" in Carol Kimball, ''Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature'', p. 351〕 Other English Art song composers in the 17th century * William Byrd (1543–1623), composed "consort songs" with viol consort accompaniment, 1588 collection of ''Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs'' * Thomas Morley (1557–1603), his songs may have been used in Shakespeare's plays, well-known song "It was a Lover and his Lass" from his ''First Book of Ayres'', 1607 * Michael Cavendish (c.1565-1628), published one volume of madrigals and lute songs in 1598 * Francis Pilkington (1582–1638), lute song composer * Robert Jones (fl. 1597-1615); 5 books of ayres, 1600–1610 * Tobias Hume (d. 1648), serious and comic songs * Philip Rosseter (c.1567-1623), prolific song composer and friend of Campion, a few of his lute songs are still performed * Henry Lawes (1595–1662); prolific song composer, set texts by court poets (Herring, Suckling, and Carew) for his vocal works 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English art song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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