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About us
Oriana Music began publishing in 2004. The name
is taken from Thomas Morley’s 1601 madrigal
anthology The Triumphes of Oriana, in
which all the madrigals end with the refrain ‘Thus sang the
nymphs and
shepherds of Diana, long live fair Oriana’;
the name is understood to refer
to Queen Elizabeth I.
We specialise
in music for viols, our catalogue particularly features literature
chosen to be
suitable for beginners, drawing on Johanna’s long experience of
teaching both
adults and children, and music in tablature for lyra viol, often
under-represented in other catalogues. A further significant category
is music
for voices and viols presented in editions which enable joint
performance by
singers and instrumentalists, whether it be by taking account of
historical
transposition conventions, or transpositions which acknowledge likely
historic
pitch standards or voice types, or simply by providing enough parts in different clefs.
We are a part-time
team of two, the editing, typesetting and printing is fitted in
alongside
teaching, organising courses and performing. We print only just enough
copies
to keep ahead of demand, so misprints and errors can easily be
corrected more
or less as soon as they are spotted; we welcome feedback from users.
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