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