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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{NewWork|2012-05-14}} {{CPDLno|26174}} [{{filepath:Witness_ye_heavens.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Witness_ye_heavens.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Witness_ye_heavens.cap}} Capella] | |||
{{Editor|James Gibb|2012-05-14}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|54}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' Reformatting of #14906, with corrections. Set for SSAATTBB | |||
*{{CPDLno|14906}} [{{filepath:322.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{website|brianrussell}}322.mid {{mid}}] [{{website|brianrussell}}322.nwc NoteWorthy Composer] | *{{CPDLno|14906}} [{{filepath:322.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{website|brianrussell}}322.mid {{mid}}] [{{website|brianrussell}}322.nwc NoteWorthy Composer] | ||
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{{Composer|Giles Farnaby}} | {{Composer|Giles Farnaby}} | ||
{{Voicing|8|SSSAATBB}}<br> | {{Voicing|8|SSSAATBB, SSAATTBB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}} | {{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
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Witness ye heav'ns, I vow to love the fairest, | Witness ye heav'ns, I vow to love the fairest, | ||
To love, but how? For virtue, not for lust. | |||
Why? Because she is the rarest. | Why? Because she is the rarest. | ||
Come life, come death, in her I only trust; | Come life, come death, in her I only trust; | ||
Hap death, hap life, I force not which betide me, | |||
By her I live, from death I cannot hide me. | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] | ||
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CPDL #26174: [] [
] [ Capella]
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-05-14). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 54 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #14906, with corrections. Set for SSAATTBB
- CPDL #14906: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
- CPDL #10111:
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14). Score information: Letter, 13 pages, 91 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Witness, ye heavens
Composer: Giles Farnaby
Number of voices: 8vv Voicings: SSSAATBB or SSAATTBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Canzonets to Four Voices (1598)
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
Witness ye heav'ns, I vow to love the fairest,
To love, but how? For virtue, not for lust.
Why? Because she is the rarest.
Come life, come death, in her I only trust;
Hap death, hap life, I force not which betide me,
By her I live, from death I cannot hide me.