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O You That Hear This Voice

William Byrd · c. 1540–1623 · English
For voice, 4 violas da gamba
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the voice part
MinorSlowLyricalDarkLesser-known

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Other ensemble
Hardest part
Voice
Form
Short piece
Length
About 6 min
Composed
1588
Era
Baroque

Notes

Consort song, printed in 1588 as a five-voice song

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Also in Psalmes, Sonets and Songs of Sadnes and Pietie (1588)

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Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
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Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
2 min
MajorLyricalLesser-known
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Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
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3voice
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Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
13 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
3balanced
My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is
voice, 4 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
6 min
MajorLyricalLesser-known
3voice
O That Most Rare Breast
voice, 4 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
9 min
MinorSlowLesser-known
3voice
What Pleasure Have Great Princes
voice, 4 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
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MajorLyricalLesser-known
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Who Likes to Love
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Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
5 min
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A step before · level 2

My Little Sweet Darling
William Byrd
voice, 4 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 4 violas da gamba
1 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
2voice
Upon my lap
Martin Peerson
voice, 3 violas da gamba
Other ensemblevoice, 3 violas da gamba
5 min
MajorSlowLesser-known
2balanced
Divertimento in C major, Hob. XIV:C2
Joseph Haydn
harpsichord, 2 violins, cello
Other ensembleharpsichord, 2 violins, cello
3 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
2harpsichord

A step after · level 4

Harp Consort No. 11 in D minor
William Lawes
violin, viola da gamba, harp, lute
Other ensembleviolin, viola da gamba, harp, lute
4 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
4balanced
Harp Consort No. 10 in G minor
William Lawes
violin, viola da gamba, harp, lute
Other ensembleviolin, viola da gamba, harp, lute
9 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4balanced
Other ensemble4 violas da gamba, lute
12 min
MinorDanceLesser-known
4viola-da-gamba 1
Quartet in G minor, JS 158
Jean Sibelius
harmonium, piano, violin, cello
Other ensembleharmonium, piano, violin, cello
9 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4balanced

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