Editing Thomas Campion (section)

==Poetry and songs==
[[File:Houghton STC 21332 - Book of Ayres.jpg|thumb|''A Book of Ayres'', 1601, with words by Campion and music by [[Philip Rosseter]]]]
The body of his works is considerable, the earliest known being a group of five anonymous poems included in the "Songs of Divers Noblemen and Gentlemen", appended to [[Thomas Newman (publisher)|Newman]]'s edition of Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s ''[[Astrophel and Stella]]'', which appeared in 1591. In 1595, ''Poemata, a collection of Latin panegyrics, elegies and epigrams'' was published, winning him a considerable reputation. This was followed, in 1601, by a songbook, ''A Booke of Ayres'', with words by himself and music composed by himself and [[Philip Rosseter]]. The following year he published his ''Observations in the Art of English Poesie'', "against the vulgar and unartificial custom of riming," in favour of rhymeless verse on the model of classical [[Meter (poetry)|quantitative verse]]. Campion's theories on poetry were criticised by [[Samuel Daniel]] in "Defence of Rhyme" (1603).<ref name="brittanica1911" />

In 1607, he wrote and published a [[Lord Hay's Masque|masque]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040803143748/http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/bookshelf/details.html?bookid=37 Lord Hayes' Masque] (Godfrey's Bookshelf).</ref> for the occasion of the marriage of [[James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle|Lord Hayes]], and, in 1613, issued a volume of ''Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Henry]]'', set to music by [[John Cooper (composer)|John Cooper]] (also known as Coperario). The same year he wrote and arranged three masques: ''[[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate|The Lords' Masque]]'' for the marriage of [[Elizabeth of Bohemia|Princess Elizabeth]]; an entertainment for the amusement of [[Anne of Denmark|Queen Anne]] at [[Caversham Park|Caversham House]]; and a third [[The Somerset Masque|masque for the marriage]] of the [[Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset|Earl of Somerset]] to the infamous [[Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset|Frances Howard, Countess of Essex]]. If, moreover, as appears quite likely, his ''Two Bookes of Ayres''<ref>[http://www.luminarium.org/editions/camptwobookes.htm Two Books of Airs] (Luminarium.org).</ref> (both words and music written by himself) belongs also to this year, it was indeed his ''annus mirabilis''.<ref name="brittanica1911" />

In 1615, he published a book on [[counterpoint]], ''A New Way of Making Fowre Parts in Counterpoint By a Most Familiar and Infallible Rule'',<ref>Thomas Campion, Christopher R. Wilson, John Coperario. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zpwow7AiM_oC A new way of making fowre parts in counterpoint]'' (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003).</ref> a technical treatise which was for many years the standard textbook on the subject. It was included, with annotations by [[Christopher Sympson]], in [[John Playford|Playford]]'s ''Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick'', and two editions appear to have been published by 1660.<ref name="brittanica1911" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrQTAQAAIAAJ |title=Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick|via=[[Google Books]]|last1=Playford |first1=John |year=1667 }}</ref>

Some time in or after 1617 appeared his ''Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres''.<ref>[http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/campbib.htm Works of Thomas Campion] (Luminarium.org).</ref> In 1618 appeared the airs that were sung and played at [[Brougham Castle#The Clifford Dowagers|Brougham Castle]] on the occasion of the King's entertainment there, the music by George Mason and John Earsden, while the words were almost certainly by Campion. In 1619, he published his ''Epigrammatum Libri II. Umbra Elegiarum liber unus'', a reprint of his 1595 collection with considerable omissions, additions (in the form of another book of epigrams) and corrections.<ref name="brittanica1911" />