Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 37 (47) |
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First Publication | 1589 |
Genre Categories | Songs; For 3 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
Contents |
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Work Title | Songs of Sundry Natures |
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Alternative. Title | Songs of Sundrie Natures |
Composer | Byrd, William |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IWB 165 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 37 (47) pieces numbers in parens refer to those found in the 3rd edition (1610) earlier numberings counted the second stanzas as separate pieces
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First Publication. | 1589 |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
Piece Style | Renaissance |
Instrumentation | 3-6 voices |
External Links | CPDL page |
CONTENTS (according to a RISM entry, this still needs to be verified against a full set if one is uploaded, and this is very unclear as to which are 4vv, 6vv, etc.):
Lord in thy rage / Right blest are they / Lord in thy wrath / O God which art most mercifull / Lord hear my prayer / From depth of sin / Attend mine humble prayer / (Ã 4) / O Lord my God / (Ã 6) / Behold how good a thing it is / (The Second Part) And as the pleasant morning dear / Unto the hills mine eyes I lift / Christ rising again from the dead / (The Second Part) Christ is risen / [Christmas carols] / (Ã 4) / Rejoice rejoice with heart and voice / Cast off all doubtfull care / (Ã 5) / From virgin's womb / (Ã 6) / An earthly tree a heav'nly fruit it bore / [Madrigals] (Ã 3) / Susanna fair / The Nightingale so pleasant and so gay / When younglings first on Cupid fix their sight / (The Second part) But when by proof / Upon a summer's day / (The Second Part) When for a boat / The greedy Hawk / In chrystal Tow'rs / (Ã 4) / Is Love a boy / (The Second Part) Boy pitty me / Wounded I am / (The Second Part) Yet of us Twain / From Citheron the warlike boy is fled / (The Second Part) [T]here careless thoughts / (The Third Part) If Love be just / While that the sun / (Ã 5) / Weeping full sore / Penelope that longed for the sight of her Ulisses / Compell The Hawk to sit / See those sweet eyes / (The second part) Love would discharge / When I was otherwise / When first by force of fatal destiny / I thought that love had been a boy / O Dear life when may it be / If gold all burnish'd / (The Second Part) Her breath is more sweet / (Ã 6) / Who made thee Hob forsake the Plow / And think ye Nimphs to scorn at Love / (The Second Part) Love is a fit of Pleasure / If in thine heart