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The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons)
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= HELP- CPDL #10240: PDF, MIDI and Noteworthy Composer files available.
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-26). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 68 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 25 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- CPDL #07879: PDF file available
- Editor: Drew Collins (submitted 2004-09-17). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 55 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- CPDL #07478: PDF file available
- Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2004-07-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 103 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: John D. Smith (submitted 2004-02-20). Score information: 47.4 x 67 cm, 2 pages, 74 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer. All scores available in Scorch format, some are also available as PDF files.
- CPDL #05952: Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available
- Editor: Bettina Blokland (submitted 2003-11-06). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-10-17). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 46 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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- Editor: Carles Gumí (submitted 1999-10-15). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 48 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-02-15). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 35 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The Silver Swan
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
- The Silver Swan who, living, had no note,
- When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat.
- Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
- Thus sung her first and last, And sung no more:
- "Farewell all joys, O death come close mine eyes.
- More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise."
Portuguese translation
- O cisne prateado que, em vida, não cantou,
- Quando a morte se aproximou abriu a sua garganta silenciosa.
- Encostando o seu peito contra a margem cheia de juncos,
- Assim cantou pela primeira e última vez, e não mais cantou:
- "Adeus prazeres; ó morte, vem fechar os meus olhos.
- Agora vivem mais gansos que cisnes, mais tolos que sábios."
German translation
Übersetzung Peter Rottländer
- Der silberne Schwan, der im Leben kein Lied kannte,
- Entfesselte beim Nahen des Todes seine schweigende Kehle,
- Lehnte seine Brust an das schilfbewachsene Ufer
- Und sang so zum ersten und letzten Mal, und sang nie wieder:
- Lebt wohl alle Freuden, o Tod, schließe meine Augen,
- Mehr Gänse als Schwäne leben heute, mehr Narren als Weise.
