Lais now old (Orlando Gibbons)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-29). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 63 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of #30299, with minor changes to slurring. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2013-10-10). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 121 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed in modern clefs, but in the original key. For SATTB transpose ad lib. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Lais now old
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1612 in The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, no. 13
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Original text and translations
English text
Lais now old, that erst attempting lass!
To Goddess Venus consecrates her glass,
For she herself hath now no use of one,
No dimpled cheeks hath she to gaze upon,
She cannot see her springtime damask grace,
Nor dare she look upon look upon her winter face.