The curtain drawn (Giles Farnaby)

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  • CPDL #14904: Network.png
Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10).   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Files listed alphabetically by nationality and composer. Some composers have separate pages.
  • CPDL #10108: Network.png
Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan

General Information

Title: Curtain drawn, The
Composer: Giles Farnaby

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Canzonets to Four Voices (1598)

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Original text and translations

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The curtain drawn, I saw my love lie sleeping;
Thrice happy was that peeping,
for viewing her sweet lying,
preserves my life and keeps my soul from dying.
Of thousand joys, missing her, I had missed all,
whose sight revives me more than ruby pearl and crystal.