You black bright stars - Morley, Thomas

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"The intabulated accompaniment puts the altus voice in the top register. This seems a source of confusion in editions 15041 & 25155 above."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Lute songs

♯ Key A major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSATB,SATTB|add=or {{Cat|solo voice

↕ Range A2 – E5

¶ Language → English

Measures 41

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella, or with lute

Pages 5

CPDL # 77668

Editor Shawn Neisen

Posted 2023-11-28

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano 1

D4 – E5

Soprano 2

B3 – B4

Alto

G3 – G4

Tenor

E3 – E4

Bass

A2 – A3

¶Lyrics / Text

You black bright stars, that shine while daylight lasteth, Ah, why haste you away when night time hasteth? In darker nights the stars seem still the lighter, On me shine then a night with your heams brighter. Beams that are cause my heart hath so aspired, Fire mounts aloft and they my heart have fired.