John Wilbye

Life

Born: 1574

Died: 1638

Biography

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List of choral works

Adieu, sweet Amaryllis Ah me! Can every rumour Ah! cannot sighs nor tears Ah! cruel Amarillis Alas! What a wretched life Alas, what hope of speeding All pleasure is of this condition And though my love abounding As fair as morn As matchless beauty Away, thou shalt not love me Change me, O heavens Come, Shepherd swains Cruel, behold my heavy ending Dear pity, how? Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish Die, hapless man Down in a valley as Alexis trips Draw on, sweet night Flora gave me fairest flowers Fly Love aloft Fly not so swift my dear

Happy streams, whose trembling fall Happy, Oh happy he Hard destinies are love and beauty parted I always beg I am quite tired with my groans I fall, I fall I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe I love, alas! yet am not loved I sung sometimes The Lady Oriana Lady your words do spite me Lady, when I behold Lady, when I behold the roses (a6) Long have I made these hills and valleys weary Love not me for comely grace My throat is sore O fools! can you not see O God, the rock of my whole strength O what shall I do? O wretched man! why lov'st thou earthly life Of joys and pleasing pains Oft have I vowed

A silly sylvan, kissing heav'n-born fire So light is love Softly O! drop mine eyes Stay, Corydon, thou swain Sweet honey-sucking bees Sweet love, if thou wilt gain There is a jewel There, where I saw her lovely beauty painted Thou art but young, thou say'st Thus love commands Thus saith my Cloris bright Unkind, O stay thy flying Weep, O mine eyes Weep, weep mine eyes What needeth all this travail When Cloris heard When shall my wretched life Where most my thoughts Why dost thou shoot? Ye restless thoughts Ye that do live in pleasures Yet, sweet, take heed

A silly sylvan, kissing heav'n-born fire   ( [ ] [ ] [ Capella] ) Adieu, sweet Amaryllis     (4 editions available) Ah! cannot sighs nor tears   (   Capella ) Ah! cruel Amarillis   (   [ Capella] ) Alas! What a wretched life   (   [ Capella] ) Alas, what hope of speeding All pleasure is of this condition   (2 editions available) And though my love abounding   (   Capella ) As fair as morn     (2 editions available) As matchless beauty     (4 editions available) Away, thou shalt not love me Ay mee, Can every rumor     (2 editions available) Change me, O heavens     (3 editions available) Cruel, behold my heavy ending     (2 editions available) Dear pity, how?   (   Capella ) Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish   (   Capella ) Die, hapless man   (   Capella ) Down in a valley as Alexis trips   (   Capella ) Draw on, sweet night     (4 editions available) Flora gave me fairest flowers     (5 editions available) Fly Love aloft     (2 editions available) Fly not so swift my dear     (2 editions available) Happy, Oh happy he     (2 editions available) Happy streams, whose trembling fall   ( [ ]  [ Capella] ) Hard destinies are love and beauty parted   (   Capella ) I always beg     (2 editions available) I am quite tired with my groans   (   Capella ) I fall, I fall   (   Capella ) I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe   (   Capella ) I love, alas! yet am not loved   (   Capella ) I sung sometimes   (   Capella ) Lady, when I behold the roses (a4)     (4 editions available)

Lady, when I behold the roses (a6)   (   ) Lady your words do spite me     (3 editions available) Long have I made these hills and valleys weary   (   Capella ) Love not me for comely grace   (   [ Capella] ) My throat is sore   (   Capella ) O fools! can you not see   (   [ Capella] ) O God, the rock of my whole strength   ( [ ]  [ Capella] ) O what shall I do?     (3 editions available) O wretched man! why lov'st thou earthly life   (   Capella ) Of joys and pleasing pains   (   Capella ) Oft have I vowed     (4 editions available) So light is love   (   Capella ) Softly O! drop mine eyes   (   Capella ) Stay, Corydon, thou swain   (   [ Capella] ) Sweet honey-sucking bees     (3 editions available) Sweet love, if thou wilt gain   (   Capella ) The Lady Oriana   ( [ ] [ ] [ Capella] ) There is a jewel   (   Capella ) There, where I saw her lovely beauty painted   (   Capella ) Thou art but young, thou say'st   (   Capella ) Thus love commands   (   Capella ) Thus saith my Cloris bright     (4 editions available) Unkind, O stay thy flying     (3 editions available) Weep, O mine eyes   (   Capella ) Weep, weep mine eyes     (5 editions available) What needeth all this travail     (2 editions available) When Cloris heard   (   Capella ) When shall my wretched life   (   Capella ) Where most my thoughts   (   Capella ) Ye restless thoughts   (   Capella ) Ye that do live in pleasures     (3 editions available) Yet, sweet, take heed     (3 editions available)

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Publications

• The First Set of Madrigals for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (London, 1598)
• The Second Set of Madrigals for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (London, 1609)
• The Triumphs of Oriana (London, 1601), one madrigal

External links

• Jeff Lee's Music Page - John Wilbye: a page with the complete texts of Wilbye's madrigals from The First Set of English Madrigals (London 1598)