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William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)

by Phillip W. Serna, Treble, Tenor & Bass Viols

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William Lawes (1602​-​1645) was a prolific composer of music for viols, filled with adventurous harmonic motion and exquisite counterpoint. He spent most of his career in the employ of Charles I where, in addition to his music for viol consort, Lawes composed sacred anthems and motets alongisde secular music and songs for court masques. His rich musical life was cut short, however, as he was shot dead during a rout of the Royalists at Rowton Heath, near Chester, in 1645. The futility of Lawes' death was best encapsulated by Thomas Jordan’s well-known epitaph:

Concord is conquer'd! In his urn there lies
The master of great Music's mysteries;
And in it is a riddle, like the cause,
Will Lawes was slain by men whose Wills were Laws.

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released June 7, 2021
Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered June 2021 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweſt415 release "William Lawes (1602​-​1645) - Aire à4, VdGS No​.​112, Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mus​.​Sch​.​b​.​2, p​.​33 (ca​.​1638​-​45)." This audio content is copyright © 2021 Phillip W. Serna, Midweſt415. For information on gambist & historical bassist Phillip W. Serna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

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Founded by violist da gamba Phillip Serna, Midweſt415 is a Chicago-area independent Early Music & New Music record label focused on Historically-Informed Performance Practice on period instruments. To learn more about Phillip Serna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna ... more

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