John Farmer

Fair Phyllis

John Farmer (ca.1570-1601) is a lesser-known English Renaissance madrigalist who nonetheless wrote one of the best-known part-songs of the age, offering in Fair Phyllis (published in 1599) an amusing study in word painting and wordplay.

----Intermezzo Sunday Concerts, February 10, 2008 (UNF Chorale & UNF Chamber Singers)