Musical Times, October 1st, 2007
THE HUGE POETIC OUTPUT in English and Latin of Thomas Watson, the lyricist of Este's anthology Italian Madrigalh Englished of 1590 (IME), is not now well-known. In his own day it was - at least his English poetry was - and that of his Latin poetry which had been translated (sometimes by himself); and his lines were often quoted in essays and anthologies.1 Watson had not come out of nowhere to provide Este with the lyrics for his madrigal book, and moreover he was the kind of dedicated verse- writer who would not be prepared either to sacrifice his own poetic integrity or to dilute his understa...
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