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Orlando Gibbons’ Silver Swan is a celebrated Renaissance madrigal composed for five voices. The piece explores themes of death and loss through the evocative imagery of a dying swan, reflecting the prevailing elegiac style of English music during the early 17th century. It’s particularly appreciated...
Why this score
Gibbons's signature madrigal, iconic elegiac text and perfect restraint, enduring choral anthology staple.
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"What is our life?" is a five-voice English madrigal by Orlando Gibbons, published in The First Set of Madrigals and Motets in 1612. It sets a poem traditionally attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh that compares human existence to a theatrical performance, with the grave serving as the curtain after th...
Why this score
Serious Raleigh setting, admired philosophical depth and expressive control, strong Gibbons reputation.
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Henry Gibbons’ Silver Swan is a significant English madrigal composed in 1612. This five-voice work explores themes of loss and fading beauty through a serene lament. It's notable for its intricate vocal writing and represents a high point within the late Renaissance madrigal tradition. The piece is...
How art thou thralled is a secular English vocal work by Orlando Gibbons, published in The First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts in 1612. Written for five unaccompanied voices, it treats a text about emotional captivity and the suffering caused by love. The piece is intended for a balanced...
Why this score
Expressive captivity-to-love text, solid Gibbons counterpoint, good specialist regard.
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"Dainty fine bird" is a five-voice secular work by the English composer Orlando Gibbons. It was published in 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Motetts of Five Parts, a collection dedicated to Christopher Hatton. Addressing a bird in pastoral and courtly language, the piece uses interweaving voc...
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Refined pastoral Gibbons madrigal, admired craft, less memorable than Silver Swan or What is our life.
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Pastoral love madrigal by Orlando Gibbons from his First Set of Madrigals and Motets (1612), comparing a beloved to a rose as an emblem of beauty and virtue.
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Elegant pastoral love setting, fine but secondary Gibbons, modest anthology presence.
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"Now each flowery bank of May" is an English five-part madrigal by Orlando Gibbons, published in The First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts in 1612. Its pastoral text celebrates May through images of flowering banks and renewed natural life. The work is written for an unaccompanied vocal en...
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Graceful spring madrigal, polished and attractive, modest individual fame.
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"What Is Our Life?" is a five-voice English madrigal composed by Orlando Gibbons, first published in his 1612 collection *The First Set of Madrigals and Motets*. The piece sets to music a philosophical poem written by Sir Walter Raleigh, which examines the transience of life by comparing it to a the...
Madrigal by Orlando Gibbons from his First Set of Madrigals and Motets (1612), in which the speaker declares that no learned poetic verse can adequately praise his beloved.
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Well-crafted poetic praise madrigal, restrained Gibbons style, limited broader visibility.
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Fair Is the Rose is a five-voice madrigal by Orlando Gibbons, published in his First Set of Madrigals and Motets in 1612. The text uses the rose as a pastoral image for feminine beauty, contrasting the flower's attractiveness with the greater beauty of the woman being praised. The work belongs to th...
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