Concord is conquered (Robert Cooke)

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• (Posted 2023-08-14)  CPDL #74846: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-08-14).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 340 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: Concotd is conquered
Composer: Robert Cooke
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1788
Description: An epitaph on William Lawes (killed at the siege of Chester, 1645). This glee gained a Catch Club prize medal in 1788.

Original text and translations

English text

Concord is conquered: In this urn there lies
The master of great Music's mysteries.
And in it is a riddle; like the cause
Will Lawes was slain by those whose wills were laws.