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Bull, John: Consort Music

Fantasia of Three Parts, Fantasia of Four Parts, In Nomine of Fife Parts, hg. Hunter, Partitur und Stimmen.

The three works published here are the only instrumental consort works of John Bull that have survived in complete form.
The Fantasia of Three Parts is found in two sources. The original setting for three viols of treble, alto, and tenor compass is unusual and it suggests the possibility of an alternate version for alto, tenor, and bass viols. Both of these possible versions of the fantasia are provided here.
The Fantasia of Four Parts is found in several of the sources with an underlaid verbal text beginning: "Fraile man, despise the treasures of this life". Although the prevailing comtemplative mood of the fantasia matches the serious character of these words, the musical structure of the fantasia is quite different from that of the verbal text. One is forced to conclude that the music was first composed äs an instrumental fantasia and someone - probably not the composer - attempted to convert the instrumental piece into an anthem by the addition of words.
The Five-Part In Nomine is a typical example of the genre and in style it harks back to the progenitor of this type of compostion: the Benedictus section of John Taverner's Gloria tibi Trinitas mass.