6. Smoking and Drinking

6. Smoking and Drinking. (The Chester Books of Madrigals Series) ** By Anthony G. Petti. For SATB Choir, Piano (SATB). Music Sales America. Renaissance, Choral. 46 pages. Chester Music #CH55614. Published by Chester Music.

The Chester Books of Madrigals offer an exciting collection of secular European madrigals, partsongs and rounds from the 16th and early 17th centuries, newly edited from early sources by Anthony G. Petti, who contributes copious historical notes to each volume. The majority of the settings are for SATB and simplified keyboard reductions. Texts are in the original languages, with an English translation (for non-English texts) provided at the head of each piece.

Contents: O Metaphysical Tobacco (East)