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*{{CPDLno|24272}} [[Media:There_is_a_jewel.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:There_is_a_jewel.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:There_is_a_jewel.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:There_is_a_jewel.cap|{{Cap}}]] | |||
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{{Editor|James Gibb|2011-08-27}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|5|62}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | {{Editor|James Gibb|2011-08-27}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|5|62}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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{{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}} | {{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | |||
'' | {{Pub|1|1598|in ''{{NoCo|The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices}}''|no=8}} | ||
'''Description:''' | '''Description:''' A reply to [[I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe (John Wilbye)|''I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe'']]. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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There is a jewel, which no Indian mines | There is a jewel, which no Indian mines | ||
Can buy, no chymic art can counterfeit, | Can buy, no chymic art can counterfeit, | ||
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The homely whistle, to sweet music’s strain. | The homely whistle, to sweet music’s strain. | ||
Seldom it comes, to few from Heaven sent, | Seldom it comes, to few from Heaven sent, | ||
That much in little, all in nought content. | That much in little, all in nought content.}} | ||
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[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-27). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: There is a jewel
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SST
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1598 in The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 8
Description: A reply to I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
There is a jewel, which no Indian mines
Can buy, no chymic art can counterfeit,
It makes men rich in greatest poverty,
Makes water wine; turns wooden cups to gold;
The homely whistle, to sweet music’s strain.
Seldom it comes, to few from Heaven sent,
That much in little, all in nought content.