The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is a main source of keyboard music from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods in England. The manuscript contains 297 pieces dating from 1550 to 1620 representing music by a number of English and foreign-born composers including John Bull, Ferdinando Richardson, William Byrd, Thomas Morely, Giles Farnaby, Richard Farnaby, Peter Philips, Thomas Tallis, Giovanni Pichi, and J. P. Sweelinck. The collection comprises pieces in various styles such as fantasias, variations, and dances (e.g. allemande, galliard, pavane, courante and gigue) as well as short character pieces with fanciful titles. The pieces in the FVB are mostly modal with evidence of emerging tonality. They represent a variety of textures from strictly contrapuntal to simple homophony, with flexible meter, irregular phrase structure, and mostly stepwise melodic motion. Richard Farnaby (1594-1623) was an English early Baroque composer, the son of Giles Farnaby (1563-1640), who, himself, was a well-known composer of the late Renaissance/early Baroque period. Unlike his famous father, there is not much known about Richard Farnaby. Several of his pieces, however, have been published in the FVB including a short character piece titled Fayne Would I Wedd, featuring three short sections with mostly homophonic texture.
What a lovely joyful song! Wow! It was just beautiful Shiva!😍
Thank you very much for your kind words!🌹🙏
This is beautiful a lively enjoyable performance. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day 😊😊
Thank you very much dear Moore! I'm glad you liked it! Have a great afternoon!🙏🌹
🎵🎶Somehow it remembers me "a little bit" to the english old song Greensleeves. Very beautifully played, thank you Shiva
Thank you very much dear Inaki! 🌹🙏 The composer, Richard Farnaby, was in fact an English composer of the Renaissance period.
Very rapid and upbeat song thank you🎉
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Beautiful piece, and as always, your piano performance is masterful, my dear friend Shiva! Wishing you a lovely afternoon ... Roberto 😊💯👍👏👏👏
Thank you very much dear Roberto!🌹🙏
This was just gorgeous! Bravo!👋
Thank you very much fro listening!🌹🙏
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is a main source of keyboard music from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods in England. The manuscript contains 297 pieces dating from 1550 to 1620 representing music by a number of English and foreign-born composers including John Bull, Ferdinando Richardson, William Byrd, Thomas Morely, Giles Farnaby, Richard Farnaby, Peter Philips, Thomas Tallis, Giovanni Pichi, and J. P. Sweelinck. The collection comprises pieces in various styles such as fantasias, variations, and dances (e.g. allemande, galliard, pavane, courante and gigue) as well as short character pieces with fanciful titles. The pieces in the FVB are mostly modal with evidence of emerging tonality. They represent a variety of textures from strictly contrapuntal to simple homophony, with flexible meter, irregular phrase structure, and mostly stepwise melodic motion.
Richard Farnaby (1594-1623) was an English early Baroque composer, the son of Giles Farnaby (1563-1640), who, himself, was a well-known composer of the late Renaissance/early Baroque period. Unlike his famous father, there is not much known about Richard Farnaby. Several of his pieces, however, have been published in the FVB including a short character piece titled Fayne Would I Wedd, featuring three short sections with mostly homophonic texture.