When shall my wretched life (John Wilbye)

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• (Posted 2011-09-06)  CPDL #24375:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-09-06).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This version is set as SSATTB, since the original Alto has a lower range than the Tenor.

General Information

Title: When shall my wretched life
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in The First Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 25

Description: Original version is SSSATB.

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==Original text and translations== English text

When shall my wretched life give place to death?
That my sad cares may be enforc’d to leave me.
Come, saddest shadow, stop my vital breath,
For I am thine, then let not care bereave thee
Of thy sad thrall but, with thy fatal dart,
Kill care and me, while care lies at my heart.