Thanks Gentle Moon for Thy Obscured Light (Pilkington, Francis)

First Publication	1605 in The First Book of Songs or Airs of Four Parts
Genre Categories	Songs; Airs; For voice, lute, viol; For voices with solo instruments; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the lute; Scores featuring the viol; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; English language

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Work Title	Thanks gentle moon for thy obscured light
Alternative. Title	Thanks gentle Moone for thy obscured light
Composer	Pilkington, Francis
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFP 12
First Publication.	1605 in The First Book of Songs or Airs of Four Parts
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	voice, lute, viol (or 4 voices)

According to Grove Music, the original instrumentation was SATB voices with lute or orpharion and bass viol. The versions for 4 voices and lute were published in The Old English Edition (London, 1897-8), and the versions for voice and lute were published in 1922. The Introduction to the The Old English Edition of the collection, however, states that the 4-voice version was probably an afterthought and not intended with lute/viol, which was used for the single-voice version.