George Kirbye

Life

Born: 1565

Died: 1634

Biography: George Kirbye was an English composer of the late Tudor period and early Jacobean era. He was one of the members of the English Madrigal School, but also composed sacred music. His most significant musical contributions were the psalm settings he wrote for Este's Psalter in 1592, the madrigals he wrote for the Triumphs of Oriana (1601), the famous collection dedicated to Elizabeth I, and an independent set of madrigals published in 1597.

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List of choral works

1. Secular Songs

Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw Ah, cruel hateful fortune Alas! what hope of speeding Farewell, my love I love, alas, yet am I not beloved If pity range with beauty

Lo! here my heart I leave Mourn now, my soul Must I part, O my jewel? O heavens See what a maze of error She that my plaints

Sleep now, my muse Sorrow consumes me Sound out, my voice Sweet love, O cease thy flying That muse which sung Up then, Melpomene

What can I do, my dearest What, shall I part thus unregarded Why should I love? Why wail we thus? Woe am I, my heart dies

2. Sacred Songs

How pleasant is thy dwelling place The Lamentation My shepherd is the living Lord (Thomas Ravenscroft)

O Jesu look Sei Tu Signore il pane Vox in Rama

What is the cause that thou, O Lord

 
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Publications

• The first set of English madrigalls to 4-6 voyces (London, 1597)