| Work Title
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O you that hear this voice
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Byrd, William
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IWB 233
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| Key
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C Ionian mode
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| First Publication.
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1588 in Psalmes, sonets and songs of sadnes and pietie (London: Thomas East press)
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| Librettist
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Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Renaissance
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| Piece Style
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Renaissance
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| Instrumentation
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5 voices (or voice, 4 viols)
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| Extra Information
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This piece also exists in consort song format, though incomplete, in GB-Ob MS. Mus. Sch. e. 423, where only the top line would have been texted.
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