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Come, woeful Orpheus, with thy charming Lyre,
And tune my voice unto thy skillful wire.
Some strange chromatic notes do you devise,
That best with mournful accents sympathize.
Of sourest sharps and uncouth flats make choice,
And I’ll thereto compassionate my voice.
 


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Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-10-14).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 104 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Come woeful Orpheus
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs & Sonnets (1611), no. 19

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Original text and translations

Original text: English.png English text Come, woeful Orpheus, with thy charming Lyre, And tune my voice unto thy skillful wire. Some strange chromatic notes do you devise, That best with mournful accents sympathize. Of sourest sharps and uncouth flats make choice, And I’ll thereto compassionate my voice.

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