It was a lover and his lass, from Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1 (cello duo)

Title: It was a lover and his lass, from Ayres or Little Short Songs, Book 1

Composer: Thomas Morley, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Cellos

Printout: 2 pages

Note: Thomas Morley was an important 16th century English composer whose chief contribution to music was to transform the Italian madrigal into a uniquely English form. It was a lover and his lass was written to lyrics from As You Like It, by Morley’s contemporary, William Shakespeare.