What is our life? (1612)

Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625) [ England ]

Text by Raleigh, Walter (1552-1618) [England]
Edition
Published by Stainer and Bell Ltd. [Great Britain] , 1925 ; in The English Madrigalists : Vol. 5 : Gibbons Madrigals and Motets for Five Parts(1612)
Ref. : EM5  (8 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution: Fellowes, Edmund
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 17th century  (1600-1649)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Renaissance ; Madrigal
Mood of the piece: poetic ; depressing ; sombre
Type of Choir: SATTB  (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: G major
Duration: 5.0 min.
Musicological Sources: The first set of madrigals and mottets of 5 parts: apt for viols and voices, London, 1612
 

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