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All pleasure is of this condition, | All pleasure is of this condition, | ||
It pricks men forward to fruition, | It pricks men forward to fruition, | ||
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But leaves a sting, that wounds the inward heart | But leaves a sting, that wounds the inward heart | ||
With gnawing grief and never-ending smart. | With gnawing grief and never-ending smart. | ||
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Revision as of 20:17, 21 February 2015
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- CPDL #24417:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-09-09). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Underlay of #6648 followed for bars 1-21; that of Reprint: London: Musical Antiquarian Society Publications, n.d. (ca.1840). Plate No. 2 from bar 72 onward.
- CPDL #06648: Encore
- Editor: Ken Williams (submitted 2004-02-04). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 196 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: SSATB version. Encore file is zipped.
Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: All Pleasure is of this Condition
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
or SSAAB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1609
Description: No. 19 from The 2nd Set of Madrigals. The original is SSAAB; the two alto parts have identical ranges. quite high for tenor and quite low for alto.
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Original text and translations
English text
All pleasure is of this condition,
It pricks men forward to fruition,
But if enjoy'd, then like the humming Bee,
The honey being shed, away doth flee;
But leaves a sting, that wounds the inward heart
With gnawing grief and never-ending smart.