Alas! What a wretched life - Wilbye, John

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigal

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SAATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range A2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 66

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments SAATB, Piano

Pages 3

CPDL # 24293

Editor James Gibb

Posted 2011-08-29

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

G4 – G5

Alto I

G#3 – A4

Tenor

C3 – G4

Bass

A2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

Alas! What a wretched life is this! Nay what a death! Where tyrant Love commandeth! My flow’ring days are in their prime declining, All my proud hope quite fall’n, and life untwining, My joys each after other, in haste are flying, And leave me dying for her that scorns my crying. Oh she from hence departs, my love refraining, For whom, all heartless alas! I die complaining.