Ah! cruel Amarillis (John Wilbye)
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- CPDL #24252: Ah!_cruel_Amarillis.cap
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-26). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 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: Ah! cruel Amarillis
Composer: John Wilbye
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1598 in The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 3
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Original text and translations
English text
Ah! cruel Amarillis, since thou tak’st delight
To hear the accents of a doleful ditty,
To triumph still without remorse or pity;
I loathe this life,death must my sorrow right;
And lest vain hope my miseries renew,
Come quickly,death,
‘Reave me of breath,
Ah! cruel Amarillis, adieu.