SKU: ST.EM24
ISBN 9790220209888.
CONTENTS Ah, cruel, hateful fortune (SSA(orT)A(orT)T(orB)B) Ah, sweet, alas, when first I saw (SSATB) Alas, what hope of speeding (SST(orA)B) Bright Phoebus greets most clearly (SSAT (or A) T (or A) B) Farewell, my love (SSAT) If pity reign with beauty (SSATB) I love, alas, yet am I not beloved (SSAA (or T) TB) Lo, here my heart I leave (SSTB) Mourn now, my soul (SSATB) Must I part, O my jewel? (SSAATB) O heavens, what shall I do? (SSATB) See what a maze of error (SSATB) She that my plaints (SSAT (or A) B) Sleep now, my Muse (SSAATB) Sleep now, my Muse (SSAT) Sorrow consumes me (SSATB) Sound out, my voice (SSATB) Sweet love, 0 cease thy flying (SSA (or T) TB) That Muse which sung (SSATB) Up then, Melpomene (SSAT (or A) T (or B) B) What can I do, my dearest? (SSAB) What, shall I part thus? (SSAT (or A) B) Why should I love? (SSATB) Why wail we thus? (SSAT (or A) TB) With Angel's face and brightness (SSAT (or A) T (or A) B) Woe am I, my heart dies (SSAB).
SKU: GI.G-10911
English.
Weelkes is best known for both his Anglican Church music and secular vocal music (i.e., madrigals, balletts, and canzonets). His madrigals are known for having humorous or dramatic texts and for their expressive use of word painting, as well as for their use of chromaticism for emotional effect. “Cease, Sorrows Now” is one of the madrigals in Weelkes’ first publication, published in 1597, Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, & 6 Voyces.