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Thomas Morley
voc, 1557-1602 GB, Norwich
Singer / Composer of Classical
Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. He was also involved in music publishing, and from 1598 up to his death he held a printing patent (a type of monopoly). He used the monopoly in partnership with professional music printers such as Thomas East. According to Philip Brett and Tessa Murray, Morley was 'chiefly responsible for grafting the Italian shoot on to the native stock and initiating the curiously brief but brilliant flowering of the madrigal that constitutes one of the most colourful episodes in the history of English music'.
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The Third Dirge Anthem: I Heard a Voice from Heaven on Purcell, Morley & Tomkins: English Royal Funeral Music by Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier A lieta vita (Sing and we chant it) on Joyne Hands - English Renaissance Music by The Musicians of Swanne Alley Morley: Now is the Month of Maying on The Sound of The King's Singers by The King's Singers Now is the month of Maying on The Book of Madrigals by Amarcord & Michael Metzler La Coranta on Joyne Hands - English Renaissance Music by The Musicians of Swanne Alley The Frog Galliard, P 23a on My favorite Dowland by John Dowland & Paul O'Dette April is in my mistress' face on Tudor Age Music by Trinity Baroque, Julian Podger, The Forbury Consort, Alan Crumpler, The Holbein Consort, Martin Pope & Steven Player Now Is The Month Of Maying on Renessanse for Kor by Grex Vocalis April is in My Mistress’ Face on An Immortal Legacy by The Sixteen & Harry Christophers Canzonets to Three Voyces: XI. O Fly Not on Trios for One by Josh LeeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Songs Of England | Henry Purcell, Thomas Morley, Thomas Arne, Herbert Howells, Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter | 2017 | Compil. |
| English Royal Funeral Music | Henry Purcell / Thomas Morley / Thomas Tomkins - Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier | 2013 | Album |
| The World Of English Ayres And Madrigals | John Dowland, Orlando Gibbons, John Wilbye, Thomas Morley - The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley | 2001 | Compil. |
| Musik Der Renaissance | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina • William Byrd • Guillaume Dufay • John Dunstable • Thomas Morley • John Dowland | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Silver Swan (English Madrigals) | The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley ; Orlando Gibbons, John Wilbye, Thomas Morley | 1998 | Compil. |
| The First Booke Of Ayres | Thomas Morley, Nigel Rogers, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Eugen M. Dombois | 1998 | Compil. |
| Natale Con Telarc: Danze, Marce Ed Arie | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss Jr., Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Morley, Enrique Granados, Hector Berlioz, Anthony Holborne, Johannes Brahms, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1994 | Compil. |
| Joyne Hands (Music Of Thomas Morley) | Thomas Morley, The Musicians Of Swanne Alley, Red Byrd | 1991 | Album |
| Ayres And Madrigals | Thomas Morley, The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley | 1983 | Album |
| Airs Baroques - Airs Anglais | Dieterich Buxtehude, Georg Friedrich Händel, Bonifatio Gratiani, William Boyce, Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell | 1981 | Album |
| Les Triomphes D'Oriane | Thomas Morley - Deller Consort • The Morley Consort | 1979 | Album |
| English Motets | William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, William Parsons, Thomas Morley, Deering, Peter Philips, John Blow, Henry Purcell, Thomas Arne | 1977 | Album |
| Bengt Ericson Performs Small Pieces For The Romantic Cello & Viola Da Gamba | Bengt Ericson, Karin Langebo, Rolf La Fleur, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gaspar Cassadó, Gabriel Fauré, Jules Massenet, Fritz Kreisler, Marcel Tournier, Thomas Robinson, Thomas Morley, Orlando Gibbons, Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Friedrich Abel | 1977 | Album |
| Musique Elisabethaine | Betho Davezac, Daniel Bacheler, Baruch Bulman, Francis Cutting, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Thomas Morley | 1974 | Album |
| Musik Aus Der Zeit Elisabeth I. | Thomas Morley · Giles Farnaby · William Byrd · John Dowland · John Bull | 1974 | Compil. |
| Musique Elisabethaine | Betho Davezac, Daniel Bacheler, Baruch Bulman, Francis Cutting, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Thomas Morley | 1973 | Album |
| Kissing, Drinking And Insect Songs | Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schütz, Josquin Des Prés, Roland de Lassus, Carlo Gesualdo, John Dowland, John Farmer, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley, William Lawes, Juan Ponçe, The Sine Nomine Singers, Harry Saltzman | 1972 | Album |
| Amorous Dialogues Of The Renaissance | Christopher Demantius, Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Haßler, Roland de Lassus, Thomas Morley, Giaches De Wert, Adrian Willaert, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens | 1972 | Album |
| Two Renaissance Dance Bands: Susato Dansereye 1551 / Morley Consort Lessons 1599 | Tielman Susato / Thomas Morley ; The The Early Music Consort Of London | 1971 | Album |
| The First Booke Of Ayres | Thomas Morley | 1970 | Album |
| Elizabethan Lute Songs | Julian Bream / Peter Pears - John Dowland • Thomas Ford • Thomas Morley • Philip Rosseter | 1970 | Album |
| Music For Passiontide - The Miserere | The Guildford Cathedral Choir, Barry Rose - Gregorio / Johann Sebastian Bach / William Byrd / Orlando Gibbons / Thomas Morley | 1967 | Album |
| Canzonets, Madrigals, and Ballets_Sechs Stücke für Cembalo | Thomas Morley | 1962 | Album |
| Elizabethan And Jacobean Ayres, Madrigals And Dances | New York Pro Musica, Noah Greenberg - William Byrd / Orlando Gibbons / Thomas Morley / John Dowland / Thomas Campion / John Cooper / Robert Jones / John Farmer | 1959 | Album |
| Thomas Campion: 9 Songs / John Dowland: 2 Songs / Thomas Morely: 4 Little Short Songs | Thomas Campion, John Dowland, Thomas Morley | 1957 | Album |
| English Music for the Virginal circa 1600 | Thomas Morley, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull | Album | |
| Badener Kammerchor | Thomas Morley, Luca Marenzio, Clément Janequin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, Hugo Wolf, Claude Debussy, César Geoffray, Friedrich Gulda, Badener Kammerchor | Album | |
| English Music for Recorders and Consort of Viols | Thomas Morley • William Byrd • Anthony Holborne • Henry Purcell | Album | |
| Kammerchor Madrigal Bukarest | Guillaume Costeley, Pierre Bonnet, Baldassare Donato, Roland de Lassus, Hans Leo Haßler, Guillaume de Machaut, Giovanni Gastoldi, Josquin Des Prés, Clément Janequin, Thomas Morley, Johann Hermann Schein, Erasmus Widmann, Claudio Monteverdi, Corul Madrigal, Marin Constantin | Album | |
| Englische Virginalmusik Um 1600 - Musik Und Ihre Zeit | Thomas Morley, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull | Album | |
| Englische Musik Für Blockflöten Und Gamben-Consort | Thomas Morley • William Byrd • Anthony Holborne • Henry Purcell | Album | |
| The English Madrigal School: Madrigals Of John Wilbye And Thomas Morley | John Wilbye, Thomas Morley, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller | Album | |
| Elizabethan Madrigals | Thomas Morley, New York Pro Musica | Album | |
| Viola-Viola D' Amore Duos | Giovanni Gastoldi, Thomas Morley, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Karen Phillips, Walter Trampler | Album | |
| The English Madrigal School Vol. 3 (Madrigals Of Thomas Morley) | Thomas Morley - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller | Album | |
| Nine Canzonets and Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book | Thomas Morley, William Byrd, Martin Peerson, Peter Philips, Giles Farnaby, John Bull | Album | |
| Am Hofe Der Königin Elisabeth I. | Thomas Morley, William Byrd, John Dowland | Album |
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