9 3 ▁Thomas ▁Mor ley ' s ▁Can zon ets , ▁or ▁Little ▁Short ▁Songs ▁to ▁three ▁Vo y ces , ▁was ▁issued , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 4 ▁the ▁same ▁composer ' s ▁Mad rig alls ▁to ▁fou re ▁Vo y ces . ▁The ▁year ▁after ▁this ▁the ▁five - part ▁bal lets ▁and ▁the ▁two - part ▁can zon ets ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁composer ▁were ▁published . ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁January ▁ 1 5 9 6 ▁By rd ' s ▁pat ent ▁exp ired , ▁and ▁East ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁years ▁did ▁business ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁account ▁exclus ively . ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁Sep ▁of ▁that ▁year ▁A ▁brief ▁introduction ▁to ▁the ▁skill ▁of ▁son ge ▁concerning ▁the ▁pract ise ▁sett ▁forth ▁by ▁William ▁Bath , ▁gent ., ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁East ▁from ▁Ab el ▁Jeff es , ▁by ▁whom ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁printed ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 4 , ▁and ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁Nov ▁he ▁issued ▁George ▁Kir bye ' s ▁m adr ig als . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 5 9 6 ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁books ▁published ▁by ▁license ▁from ▁By rd ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁East ▁independently . ▁The ▁c ess ation ▁of ▁the ▁mon opol y ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁given ▁an ▁extraordinary ▁imp et us ▁to ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁music . ▁In ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years ▁nearly ▁all ▁the ▁master pie ces ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁m adr ig al ists ▁were ▁issued . ▁In ▁ 1 5 9 7 ▁N