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WILBYE.

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'Sweet honey-sucking bees.' Novello.

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( scholastic d; except in two periods, where d. scholastic d.)

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In the first instance it would be best to imitate the Palestrina madrigals as they are the purest in style.

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the scholastic minim.

With the time-sigWhen the time-signature the scholastic minim. Some of the English madrigals are transitional in style, so that the student must be prepared for some innovations in them.

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(a) In the Boyce Collection this is scored in time. The above, however, is obviously the correct rendering.

(b) Running into the unison is a constant feature of the period.

(c) This juxtaposition of F and F is quite characteristic. There was no 'horizontal' reason for the sharpening of the F in the Alto. But in the Soprano it is sharpened for the cadence. (d) The suspension at this point is quite irregular. (e) Nota Cambiata.

This example has been chosen because each bar contains a semibreve, and the student will thus easily see the authority for several rules.

(a) The tenor is a pedal.

(b) Moderns would object to these fifths, but they do not sound offensive.

(c) An example of the combination of first, second, and fourth species.

It will be observed that two chords a bar are freely used.