ROUNDS

The volume of ROUNDS in the series Renaissance Choral Favorites for SATB Singers features unison rounds for 3 to 14 voices. Most are anonymous, and appeared in collections by Thomas LANT, Thomas RAVENSCROFT, and David MELVILL. Unison Rounds a3 include: Joan come kiss me now; Three blind mice; Hey ho, to the greenwood; Browning madame; Margerie, serve well; He that will an alehouse; Hold thy peace; and Munda Maria (ca.1300). Unison Rounds a4 include Loath to depart; Sing we this roundelay; What shall he have (ca.1598); William LAWES (1602-1645): She weepeth sore (ca.1626, pub. 1648); Robert RAMSEY (fl.1616-1644): With humble voice (ca.1616); Orlando GIBBONS (1583-1625): Orlando (1623); William BILLINGS (17461800)When Jesus wept (1770); and Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791): Ave Maria (1788). The Unison Rounds a5-14 include Sing ye now after me (a5); How should we sing well (a5); Joy in the gates (Let us be merry) (a6); Now thanked be the great God Pan (a6); Let's have a peal for John Cookes soul (a8); Hey ho what shall I say (a9); Sing we now merrily (a10 or 11); and Sumer is icumen in (a6 to 14) (ca.1250). Prize-winning musicologist and choral conductor, Ross W. Duffin, has created new, easy-to-read editions, from the original sources. He includes information about each composer and translations into English.