The nightingale (Thomas Bateson)
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CPDL #25698: [ ] [ ] [ Capella]
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-05). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 31 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: At original pitch.
General Information
Title: The nightingale
Composer: Thomas Bateson
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1604
Description: No. 3 from The First Set of English Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (Thomas Bateson)
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Original text and translations
English text
The nightingale, so soon as April bringeth
Unto her rested sense a perfect waking,
While late bare earth proud of new clothing springeth,
Sings out her woes, a thorn her song-book making;
And mournfully bewailing,
Her throat in tunes expresseth:
What grief her breast oppresseth.