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*{{CPDLno|25503}} [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.capx|{{Capx}}]] | *{{CPDLno|25503}} [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.capx|{{Capx}}]] | ||
{{Editor|James Gibb|2012-01-30}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|48}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|James Gibb|2012-01-30}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|48}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright. {{{MXL}} | :'''Edition notes:''' Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright. {{{MXL}} Revised files uploaded 19/06/19. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== |
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- 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. {MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format. Revised files uploaded 19/06/19.
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
First published: 1597 in The first set of English madrigalls to 4-6 voyces, no. 7
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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.