Queen Anne Boleyn's Lament (Robert Johnson): Difference between revisions
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Defiled is my name, full sore,<br> | Defiled is my name, full sore,<br> | ||
through cruel spite and false report<br> | through cruel spite and false report<br> | ||
that I may say for ever more <br> | that I may say for ever more<br> | ||
farewell my joy, adieu comfort.<br> | farewell my joy, adieu comfort.<br> | ||
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- CPDL #05922: Scorch-Sibelius 2
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2003-11-04). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 104 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Scorch plugin needed to access Sibelius file.
General Information
Title: Queen Anne Boleyn's Lament
Composer: Robert Johnson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SAAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: A General History of the Science and Practice of Music by Sir John Hawkins, 1776 (p.720)
Description: Apparently a contrafactum: "Verses...from an ancient MS; the music by Robert Johnson from another."
External websites: Recorded by I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble on their CD "Defiled Is My (Middle) Name". 2 minute mp3 clip on line
Original text and translations
Original text:
English text
Defiled is my name, full sore,
through cruel spite and false report
that I may say for ever more
farewell my joy, adieu comfort.
Full wrongfully ye judge of me
unto my fame a mortal wound
say what ye list it will not be,
ye seek for that cannot be found.