The bella (John Taverner)
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- (Posted 2023-01-23) CPDL #72375: Taverner-TheBella.mxl
- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2023-01-23). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 273 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the 'xx songes' of 1530 and the 'Drexel fragments' of c.1515 and completed editorially: for more information see the critical commentary. Original pitch and note values retained. Two missing lines of the poem have been reinvented editorially (NB: I might change my mind about these).
General Information
Title: The bella
Composer: John Taverner
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SSST or SAAT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: Earliest MS c. 1515.
Description: This is an attempt to complete a song by Taverner that has survived in a seriously incomplete state. Fortunately, some missing notes can be restored from those that survive. Additionally it seems that Taverner's verses consisted substantially of duets, so that the losses are not quite as bad as at first appears.