The first set of English madrigalls to 4-6 voyces (George Kirbye)

General Information

Publication date and place: 1597 .

Composer: George Kirbye

For 4 voices 1. Lo! here my heart I leave 2. Alas! what hope of speeding 3. What can I do, my dearest 4. Woe am I, my heart dies 5. Farewell, my love 6. Sleep now, my muse

For 5 voices 7. Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw 8. Mourn now, my soul 9. Sound out, my voice (1st part) 10. She that my plaints (2nd part) 11. What, shall I part thus unregarded 12. Sorrow consumes me (1st part) 13. O heavens (2nd part) 14. Why should I love? 15. Sweet love, O cease thy flying 16. That muse which sung 17. See what a maze of error 18. If pity range with beauty

For 6 voices 19. Ah, cruel hateful fortune 20. I love, alas, yet am I not beloved 21. Must I part, O my jewel? 22. Up then, Melpomene (1st part) 23. Why wail we thus? (2nd part) 24. Sleep now, my muse