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==Music files==
==Music files==
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{{Editor|James Gibb|2011-09-13}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|51}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
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:'''Edition notes:''' Transposed up a minor third.
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''O wretched man! why lov'st thou earthly life''<br>
{{Title|''O wretched man! why lov'st thou earthly life''}}
{{Composer|John Wilbye}}
{{Composer|John Wilbye}}


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{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Published|1609}}
{{Pub|1|1598|in ''{{NoCo|The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices}}''|no=27}}
 
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'''Description:''' No. 27 from [[The Second Set of Madrigals for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices (John Wilbye)|''The 2nd Set of Madrigals'']].
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{Text|English|
O wretched man! Why lov’st thou earthly life?
O wretched man! Why lov’st thou earthly life?

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  • (Posted 2011-09-13)  CPDL #24464:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-09-13).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 51 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third.

General Information

Title: O wretched man! why lov'st thou earthly life
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 27
Description: 

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Original text and translations

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O wretched man! Why lov’st thou earthly life?
Which nought enjoys but cares and endless trouble;
What pleasure here, but breeds a world of grief?
What hour’s ease, that anguish doth not double;
No earthly joys, but have their discontents;
Then loathe that life, which causeth such laments.