The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (William Leighton)

General Information

Publication date and place: 1614 .

In 1613 the poet and minor composer Sir William Leighton published a book of his own devotional verse entitled The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule. The following year, having apparently persuaded many of the major English composers of the day to provide settings of his poems, he reissued the collection, now accompanied by the music in table format, under the same title. It is not a particularly good example of Jacobean printing and publishing - far inferior in quality, for example, to most contemporary madrigal- and song-books - but is notable for its inclusion of works accompanied by "broken" or mixed consort, for its dedication to the 14-year-old Prince Charles Stuart, later Charles I of England, and for its inclusion of what may be the last works of William Byrd.

N.B. An edition of this work by Cecil Hill was published by Stainer and Bell, 1970, in their Early English Church Music series. Most "editions" currently appearing on CPDL are uncredited transcriptions of this source.

Contents of The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule

Consort Songs

1. O loving God and father dear (William Leighton) 2. Come let us sing to God (William Leighton) 3. My soul doth long (William Leighton) 4. In thee O Lord I put my trust (William Leighton) 5. Thou art my God (William Leighton) 6. Almighty God which hast me brought (William Leighton) 7. I cannot Lord excuse my sin (William Leighton) 8. An heart that's broken and contrite (John Dowland) 9. Thou God of might (John Milton the elder) 10. Yield unto God the Lord (Robert Johnson) 13. Almighty God which hast me brought (Thomas Ford) 14. Alas that I offended ever (Edmund Hooper) 15. O God to whom all hearts are seen (Robert Kindersley) 16. Almighty Lord and God of love (Nathaniel Giles) 17. I'll lie me down to sleep (John Coprario) 18. Attend unto my tears O Lord (John Bull)

Songs of 4 Parts 19. Look down O Lord (William Byrd) 20. Hidden O Lord are my most horrid sins (Francis Pilkington) 21. O Lord, give ear to my complaint (Thomas Lupo the elder) 22. Let thy salvation be my joy (Robert Jones) 23. O Got that no time (Martin Peerson) 24. O Lord, how do my woes increase (Orlando Gibbons) 25. Most mighty and all-knowing Lord (Thomas Weelkes) 26. O let me tread in the right path (John Ward) 27. I am quite tired with my groans (John Wilbye) 28. What shall I render to the Lord (Robert Jones) 29. In thee O Lord I put my trust (Alfonso Ferrabosco) 30. Be unto me (William Byrd)

Songs of 5 Parts 31. I laid me down (William Byrd) 32. O Lord come pity my distress (Alfonso Ferrabosco) 33. Attend unto my tears (John Bull) 34. O Lord, behold my miseries (John Milton the elder) 35. High mighty God of righteousness (Francis Pilkington) 36. O Lord, I lift my heart to Thee (Orlando Gibbons) 37. Well-spring of bounty (Edmund Hooper) 38. The cause of death is wicked sin (Thomas Lupo the elder) 39. O let me at thy footstool fall (Martin Peerson) 40. O Lord how do my woes increase (John Coprario) 41. O happy he whom thou protect'st (Thomas Weelkes) 42. Out of the deep (Nathaniel Giles) 43. Save me O Lord (Robert Johnson) 44. Not unto us (Thomas Ford) 45. Lord ever bridle my desires (Martin Peerson) 46. O had I wings like to a dove (John Milton the elder) 47. Lament, lament my soul (Robert Jones) 48. O Lord consider my great moans (John Ward) 49. O God, the rock of my whole strength (John Wilbye) 50. I shame at mine unworthiness (John Dowland) 51. If that a sinner's sighs (John Milton the elder) 52. Judge them O Lord (Robert Kindersley) 53. Come help O God (William Byrd) 54. O Lord come pity (Timolphus Thopul) 55. In depth no man remembreth thee (Alfonso Ferrabosco)

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Composer	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Almighty God, who hast me brought	1614	13	Thomas Ford	Sacred	Anthems	4	SATB
Be unto me	1614	30	William Byrd	Sacred	Sacred songs	4	AATB
Come help O God	1614	53	William Byrd	Sacred	Partsongs	5	SSATB
I am quite tired with my groans	1614	27	John Wilbye	Sacred	Partsongs	4	SATB
I laid me down	1614	31	William Byrd	Sacred	Partsongs	5	AATTB
I shame on mine unworthiness	1614	50	John Dowland	Sacred	Madrigals	5	SATTB
If that a sinner's sighs	1614	51	John Milton the elder	Sacred	Madrigals	5	SSATB,AATTB
Lament, lament my soul	1614	47	Robert Jones	Sacred	Sacred songs	5	SSATB
Look down O Lord	1614	19	William Byrd	Sacred	Sacred songs	4	SSTB
Most mighty and all-knowing Lord	1614	25	Thomas Weelkes	Sacred	Anthems	4	SATB
O God, the rock of my whole strength	1614	49	John Wilbye	Sacred	Partsongs	5	SSATB
O Lord, I lift my heart to Thee	1614	36	Orlando Gibbons	Sacred	Anthems	5	AATTB,SAATB, ATTTB
O Lord, behold my miseries	1614	34	John Milton the elder	Sacred	Madrigals	5	SSSAT,AATTB
O Lord, consider my great moans	1614	48	John Ward	Sacred	Sacred songs	5	SSATB
O Lord, give ear to my complaint	1614	21	Thomas Lupo the elder	Sacred	Anthems	4	SATB
O Lord, how do my woes increase	1614	24	Orlando Gibbons	Sacred	Anthems	4	SATB
O had I wings like to a dove	1614	46	John Milton the elder	Sacred	Madrigals	5	SSAAT,SSATT,AATTB
O let me at thy footstool fall	1614	39	Martin Peerson	Sacred	Sacred songs	5	SSATB
O let me tread in the right path	1614	26	John Ward	Sacred	Anthems	4	SATB
Out of the deep	c.1590	42	Nathaniel Giles	Sacred	Motets	3	SAT, ATB
The cause of death is wicked sin	1614	38	Thomas Lupo the elder	Sacred	Anthems	5	SATTB