Music Connected With Ben Jonson's Plays
- "Have you seen the bright lily grow?" from Ben Jonson's comedy The Devil is an Ass, 1616.
The best-selling recording is that of Sting on the 2006 album Songs from the Labyrinth.
- Oberon, the Faery Prince, masque written by Ben Jonson (performed in 1611). Robert Johnson collaborated on the music with another composer, Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger.
Recorded by Musicians of the Globe.
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