This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iii lyric themes and lyrical quality in the miscellanies The Elizabethan lyric first presented itself to the public in the popular collections called Miscellanies. The first printed collection of this kind, Tottel's Miscellany. 1557. is usually reckoned the startingpoint of the great lyric era ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iii lyric themes and lyrical quality in the miscellanies The Elizabethan lyric first presented itself to the public in the popular collections called Miscellanies. The first printed collection of this kind, Tottel's Miscellany. 1557. is usually reckoned the startingpoint of the great lyric era. But both the themes of the songs and the mode of publishing had their roots deep-set in the earlier literature. The habit l of making manuscript collections of favorite songs for convenience in singing was very common during the early part of the Tudor period, and perhaps earlier. Four or five examples are preserved, and show clearly the connection between the old lyric and the new.1 The largest collection is particularly valuable because it contains several pieces by Henry viii. On account of its importance it will be considered first. Since the birth of Prince Henry, in 1511, is 1 Liedersammlungen der xvi Jahrhunderte, besonders aus der Zeit Heinrech's viii, Fliigel, Anglia, xii. p. 225. A few of the songs, with facsimiles of the music, can be found in an article by Wm. Chappell in Archseologia, xli. pt. ii. p. 371. mentioned in one of the songs, the manuscript is assigned to the year immediately after. It should be remembered that this collection belonged to a gentleman of rank, perhaps to the king, and it reflects his tastes, not those of the average man. Some of the songs are signed; 1 the others may be old compositions, or the work of contemporary writers; one evidently is a version of a song by Sir Thomas Wyatt.2 Though the familiar themes of the Middle English lyric are represented, they show a double change, due to the effect
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