Songs of Sadness (Greaves, Thomas)

Title Songs of Sadness
Creators Thomas Greaves, composer
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Instrumentation soprano and 4 viols
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First published 1604
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Composition types Sacred cantatas
Language English
Period Renaissance
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Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View When I Behold (No.1) Score, including 1st verse
Parts, including 5 underlaid verses
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View Man First Created Was (No.2) Martin Grayson 2010 Score
Parts including C and G clefs
View Who Keeps in Compass his Desires (No.3) Score
Parts in C and G clefs
View Let Dread of Pain, (the First Part) (No.4) Score
Parts in C and G clefs
View So Hate of Sin, (the Second Part) (No.5) Score
Parts in C and G clefs
View Woe Where Such Hate (the Third Part) (No.6) Score
Parts in C and G clefs

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DetailsTypeSectionFiles (click to listen)
View Synthesized When I Behold (No.1) Computerised performance with violins, not viols.
View MIDI When I Behold (No.1) Synthesized performance
View MIDI Man First Created Was (No.2) Synthesized performance
View MIDI Who Keeps in Compass his Desires (No.3) Synthesized performance
View MIDI Let Dread of Pain, (the First Part) (No.4) Synthesized performance
View MIDI So Hate of Sin, (the Second Part) (No.5) Synthesized performance
View MIDI Woe Where Such Hate (the Third Part) (No.6) Synthesized performance


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