‘Now Is the Month of Maying’ by Thomas Morley

In this post weโ€™ll travel to the time of the English Renaissance, with a jolly little music piece written by Thomas Morley. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, Morley (1557โ€“1602) was a true Renaissance figure: a composer, organist, music theoristโ€ฆ It was largely thanks to him that the Italian madrigals  became so popular in England, adding …