6 voices sang the opening phrase of fair phyllis fair phyllis i saw sitting all alone.
how many voices sing the opening phrase of fair phyllis fair phyllis i saw sitting all alone?
6
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fair phyllis (also fair phyllis i saw, fair phyllis i saw sitting all alone) is an english madrigal by john farmer. the music is polyphonic and was published in 1599. the madrigal contains four voices and uses occasional imitation. it also alternates between triple and duple beat subdivisions of the beat in different parts of the work.
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this is an english madrigal. farmer uses clever word painting. for example, in the opening line "fair phyllis i saw sitting all alone", farmer had only the soprano sing since she was all alone. in the next line "feeding her flock near to the mountain side", all the voices sang since it was her flock. additionally, the second phrase, which begins with "up and down he wandered" and ends with "then they fell a-kissing" repeats, causing the elision "kissing up and down."





























the madrigal featured in the episode "death in chorus" of the british detective drama midsomer murders.





























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