Thrice blessed be the giver (Giles Farnaby)

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• (Posted 2011-08-03)  CPDL #24090:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-03).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #13105, which is really SSTB rather than SATB, since both Soprano and Alto parts go up to an A above the Treble stave. This version is transposed down a major 3rd. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Revised files uploaded 03/02/19.

• (Posted 2006-11-17)  CPDL #13105:         

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-11-17).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2005-11-14)  CPDL #10110: 

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 57 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

• (Posted 2005-05-31)  CPDL #09390: 

Editor: Marco Gallo (submitted 2005-05-31).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Thrice blessed be the giver
Composer: Giles Farnaby

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, or SSTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in Canzonets to Four Voices, no. 10
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Original text and translations

English text

Thrice blessed be the giver, be the giver,
that gave sweet Love that golden quiver,
and live he long among the gods anointed,
that made the arrowheads sharp-pointed.
If either of them both had quailed,
she of my love, and I of hers, had failed.