O care, thou wilt despatch me
( Hence care, thou art too cruel )
Edition
Published by
Stainer and Bell Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1968
; in The English madrigalists, vols. 11 & 12. Thomas Weelkes: Madrigals of five and six parts (1600).
(143 p.)
Ref. :
EM11/12
(11 p.)
, "The english madrigalists"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Dart, Thurston
; Fellowes, Edmund Horace
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright :
1916; revised edition, 1968
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Madrigal
Mood of the piece:
chromatism ; sombre ; slow
Type of Choir:
SSATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
G minor
Duration:
5.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
In this edition, the second part of this madrigal ("Hence care, thou art too cruel") is listed as a separate title ; Madrigals of 5 and 6 parts (1600)