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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''What needeth all this travail''<br>
'''Title:''' ''What needeth all this travail?''<br>
{{Composer|John Wilbye}}
{{Composer|John Wilbye}}



Revision as of 08:01, 1 October 2011

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CPDL #24642: Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Capella 
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-10-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 31 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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Editor: Robin Doveton (submitted 2009-01-31).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 145 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Transposed down a tone. This version also includes the 2nd part, O fools! can you not see.

General Information

Title: What needeth all this travail?
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1598

Description: No.7 from The 1st Set of Madrigals. 1st part of a two-part madrigal, the 2nd part being O fools! can you not see.

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What needeth all this travail and turmoiling
Shortening the life's pleasure
To seek this far-fetched treasure
In those hot climates under Phoebus broiling?