Thomas Campion, Thomas Campion's English Poetry and Music

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In 1986, Christopher Wilson, reviewing “Three Books on English Song”, wrote of the “recent spate of books and articles” about (early) music and Elizabethan lyric poetry (Wilson, p.326). Central to much of this discussion was Thomas Campion, whose “ayres” and other works were the subject of full length studies by Ratcliffe (1981), Lindley (1986), Davis (1987), and Wilson himself in 1989.

In 1986, Christopher Wilson, reviewing “Three Books on English Song”, wrote of the “recent spate of books and articles” about (early) music and Elizabethan lyric poetry (

Wilson

, p.326). Central to much of this discussion was Thomas Campion, whose “ayres” and other works were the…

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Citation: Booth, Roy. "Thomas Campion's English Poetry and Music". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 October 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35064, accessed 05 October 2024.]

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