Ne'er let the sun (Orlando Gibbons)

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• (Posted 2017-10-30)  CPDL #47129:       

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-30).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of the second part of #30292, with minor adjustments to slurring. Musica ficta are editorial.

• CPDL #30292:        (Finale 2004)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2013-10-08).   Score information: A4, 25 pages, 378 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed in modern clefs, but in original key.For SATTB transpose down ad lib. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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Title: Ne'er let the sun
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. No. 18 from the The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets

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Original text and translations

English text

Ne'er let the sun with his deceiving light,
Seek to make glad these wat'ry eyes of mine,
My sorrow suits with melancholy night,
I joy in dole, in languishment I pine,
My dearest friend is set, he was my sun,
With whom my mirth, my joy, and all is done.