Renaissance — Sacred & secular
Renaissance · 1590

This sweet and merry month of May

W. Byrd

Key
G
Time
C
Tempo
♩=100
AO focus
AO1

Incipit

Form

English madrigal — six voices. SSAATB. From Musica Transalpina.

Teaching points

  • Madrigal genre
  • English late-Tudor song
  • AO1: school choir spring program
Full score ↓Public domain

CPDL multiple eds, PD.

Topic T9