Witness, ye heavens (Giles Farnaby)

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• (Posted 2012-05-14)  CPDL #26174:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-05-14).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #14906, with corrections. Set for SSAATTBB. Revised files uploaded 02/02/19.

• (Posted 2007-09-10)  CPDL #14906:         

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2005-11-14)  CPDL #10111: 

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 13 pages, 91 kB   Copyright: Personal

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

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General Information

Title: Witness, ye heavens
Composer: Giles Farnaby

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicings: SSSAATBB or SSAATTBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in Canzonets to Four Voices, no. 21
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Original text and translations

English text

Witness ye heav'ns, I vow to love the fairest,
To love, but how? For virtue, not for lust.
Why? Because she is the rarest.
Come life, come death, in her I only trust;
Hap death, hap life, I force not which betide me,
By her I live, from death I cannot hide me.