JOHN WILBYE

(1574 - 1638)

The English madrigalist John Wilbye spent the greater part of his life in the service of the Kytson family at Hengrave Hall near Bury St Edmunds.

Madrigals

As a composer of madrigals Wilbye was influenced by Thomas Morley, publishing collections of his work in 1598 and 1609 and contributing one madrigal (the six-voice The Lady Oriana) to the 1601 collection in honour of Queen Elizabeth The Triumphs of Oriana. Well-known madrigals by Wilbye include Sweet hony sucking bees, Weep O mine eies and Happy, O happy he.

Box Set Release	Catalogue Number
Artist Profile Series - Jeremy Summerly	Naxos 8.506024


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

All the Queen's Men - Music for Elizabeth I (Sarum Consort, Mackay)	Naxos 8.572582	Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
Artist Profile Series - SUMMERLY, Jeremy	Naxos 8.578072	Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Interview, Vocal Ensemble
Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90133	Chamber Music
Dorian Sampler, Vol. 3	Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90003	Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental
English Madrigals and Songs	Naxos 8.553088	Vocal, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Vocal Ensemble
THREE ELIZABETHS (THE): A Musical Celebration of Britain through the Centuries	Naxos 8.557032-33	Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Film and TV Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Vocal Ensemble

View Albums

The World's Leading Classical Music Group

JOHN WILBYE