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'''Published:''' 1597 | '''Published:''' 1597 | ||
'''Description:''' No. 7 | '''Description:''' No. 7 from [[The first set of English madrigalls to 4, 5 & 6 voyces (George Kirbye)]] | ||
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CPDL #25503:
[ Capella]
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-01-30). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 48 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright.
General Information
Title: Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw
Composer: George Kirbye
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1597
Description: No. 7 from The first set of English madrigalls to 4, 5 & 6 voyces (George Kirbye)
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Original text and translations
English text
Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw those eyes,
Those eyes so rich with crystal majesty,
Their wounding beauty ‘gan to tyrannise
And made mine eyes bleed tears full piteously:
I felt the wound, yet fear’d I not the deed,
Till ah! I found my tears did inward bleed.