How art thou thralled (Orlando Gibbons)

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• (Posted 2025-07-25)  CPDL #86079:     

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2025-07-25).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Part 1 of 2 (also includes 1st system of Part 2). Editorial notes may be found at the end of Part 2 (Farewell all joys).

• (Posted 2017-10-28)  CPDL #47095:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

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Title: How art thou thralled
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, no. 7
Description: 1st part. 2nd part is Farewell all joys.

Original text and translations

English text

How art thou thralled, O poor despised creature,
Since by creation nature made thee free?
O traitorous eyes, to gaze so on her feature,
That quits with scorn thy dear lost liberty.