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CPDL #26010:    Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-04-23). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 31 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #14981, transposed down a tone.

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-11). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 32 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-12-02). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 53 kB Copyright: Personal

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

Title: My heart, why hast thou taken
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SSST or SSAT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1594

Description: 1st part of a 2-part madrigal, the 2nd part being Still it frieth

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English text

My heart, why hast thou taken,
And forgot and forsaken?
Thou does it, lest inspired
With his enclosed flames, thy heart be fired.

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 {{Text|English}}
 <poem>
-Still it frieth,
+My heart, why hast thou taken,
-Yet my heart never dieth.
+And forgot and forsaken?
-Ah, that my love hath not some mortal firing,
+Thou does it, lest inspired
-And that no storms my quench, his heart inspiring.
+With his enclosed flames, thy heart be fired.
 </poem>
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