Fair ladies that to Love captived are (Orlando Gibbons)
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- (Posted 2025-07-26) CPDL #86093:
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2025-07-26). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Part 1 of 2. Editorial notes at end of part 2 ('Mongst thousands good).
- (Posted 2017-11-03) CPDL #47172:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-11-03). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the facsimile edition on IMSLP. Clefs and spelling modernised. The underlay is editorial in parts.
General Information
Title: Fair ladies that to Love captived are
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist: Edmund Spenser
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, no. 10
Description: 1st part. 2nd part is 'Mongst thousands good.
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Original text and translations
English text
Fair ladies that to Love captived are,
And chaste desires do nourish in your mind,
Let not her fault your sweet affections mar,
Ne blot the bounty of all womankind.