Merriwether's Madrigals sing at various Renaissance Festivals and community events in California .
Our repertoire includes Madrigals, Rounds, Broadside Ballads, Sea Shantys and other music of the Elizabethan period and earlier.   We also sing modern compositions written in those styles .

 This Page Provides Links to Rehearsal aids for the works in our Repertoire .
 
 

Repertoire .

  • The Ash Grove                       Traditional Arr . MFB
  • Come Again                            John Dowland
  • Fair Phyllis                             John Farmer
  • Hard By A Fountain                    Hubert Waelrant

    • Four Medieval Pieces

  • Angelus Ad Virginem                  Anonymous XIVth Cent
  • Deo Gracias Anglia                    Anonymous XVth Cent
  • Ductia                                  Anonymous XIIIth Cent
  • Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene          Anonymous XIVth Cent

    •  
  • The Herbal Chorus                  Rusty Zane Arr. MFB
  • The Lay of the Lady Fair           Michael Bierbaum
  • Matona Mia Cara                    Orlando di Lassus
  • Now is the Month of Maying       Thomas Morley
  • The Silver Swan                      Orlando Gibbons
  • A Skinny White Hen                   Antonio Scandello
  • Tobacco's but an Indian Weed        " Wi t and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy"
  • Weep, O Mine Eyes                  John Bennett
  • Mon Coeur                          Attributed to Orlando di Lasso
  • Bedlam Boys                         Traditional Arr . MFB
  • Drink Old England Dry             Traditional Arr. MFB

    • Sea Shantys
    Arr.  Michael Bierbaum 

    A-Rovin'
    Blow the Man Down
    Drunken Sailor
    Leave Her, Johnny
    Spanish Ladies
    Whiskey Johnny

    Sacred Music
     

  • Mass for Four Voices - Gloria      Thomas Tallis, Ed: MFB

  • O Come Ye Servants of the Lord    Christopher Tye, Ed: MFB


    • The midi files provide each part separately, in duets, trios, with all the other parts, and minus each part so the singer can fill in the blank; also present each piece in its entirety in both slower rehearsal tempos and at full performance tempo.

    If you would like to perform our arrangements with your group
    or
    would like copies of the sheet music

    or

    If you have any questions or comments concerning these rehearsal aids
    or
    Merriwether's Madrigals in general
    or
    would like to join us
    and live in the San Luis Obispo area
    we currently have openings for
    -- altos tenors and basses and period instrumentalists --
    or
    would like us to come and sing for you

    Email me at:
    mbierbau@kcbx.net