| 词条 | Now Is the Month of Maying |
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| name = Now Is the Month of Maying | cover = | alt = | type = Ballett | written = | published = 1595 | writer = | composer = Thomas Morley | lyricist = based on Orazio Vecchi }}"Now is the month of maying" is one of the most famous of the English balletts (a light dancelike part song similar to a madrigal, frequently with a 'fa-la-la' chorus). It was written by Thomas Morley and published in 1595. It is based on the canzonet So ben mi ch'a bon tempo used by Orazio Vecchi in his 1590 Selva di varia ricreatione.[1] It was printed in Thomas Morley's First Book of Ballets to Five Voyces (1595).[2] The song delights in bawdy double-entendre. It is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for making love/sex. For example, a "barley-break" would have suggested outdoor sexual activity (rather like we might say a "roll in the hay"). The use of such imagery and puns increased during the Renaissance.[3] The ballett forms a key part of Oxford's May Morning celebrations, where the choir of Magdalen College sing the verses from the roof of the college's Great Tower. {{quote|Now is the month of maying, When merry lads are playing, Fa la la la la la la la la, Fa la la la la la la lah. Each with his bonny lass Upon the greeny grass. Fa la la la la la la la la, etc... The Spring, clad all in gladness, Doth laugh at Winter's sadness, Fa la la, etc... And to the bagpipe's sound The nymphs tread out their ground. Fa la la, etc... Fie then! why sit we musing, Youth's sweet delight refusing? Fa la la, etc... Say, dainty nymphs, and speak, Shall we play barley break? Fa la la etc... }} References1. ^Phillip Ledger (ed) The Oxford Book of English Madrigals (1978) Oxford University Press, and co-issued recording, by Pro Cantione Antiqua {{song-stub}}2. ^MacMahon, Desmond (1939) Nelson's New National and Folk Song Book; pt. II. London: Thomas Nelson; pp. 114-15 3. ^"Renaissance Love Songs Study Guide" by Prof. Paul Brians at Washington State University 3 : English madrigals|16th-century songs|1595 works |
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