How Vain the Toils (Byrd, William)

Composition Year 1611 or before
Genre Categories Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; For voice, 5 viols; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the viol; For voices with solo instruments; English language; For voice, viol, 2 lutes (arr); Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the lute

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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

For Alto, Bass Viol and 2 Lutes (Höger)

 Synthesized performance
#344112 - 2.68MB - 1:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 37×⇩ - MP3 - Hoeger

MP3 file (audio)
Hoeger (2014/9/14)

Performers Computer
Publisher Info. Anton Höger
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Because most of my Intabulations are never heard before, I decided to make a simple computer synthesized audio file for hearing control.
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Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Alto voice, Viol and 2 Lutes (Höger)

 Complete Score (Tablature & Staff)
#344109 - 0.52MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 231×⇩ - Hoeger

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Hoeger (2014/9/14)

 Alto/Bass Viol
#344110 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 97×⇩ - Hoeger

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Hoeger (2014/9/14)

 Lutes
#344111 - 0.48MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 53×⇩ - Hoeger

PDF typeset by arranger
Hoeger (2014/9/14)

Arranger Anton Höger
Publisher. Info. Anton Höger
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes French Lute-tabulature. If performed I would look forward about a small reference to my efforts.
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General Information

Work Title How Vain the Toils
Alternative. Title In Vain the Toils
Composer Byrd, William
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. T 308
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IWB 53
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1611 or before
First Publication. 1611 in Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets (No.30)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation voice, 5 viols (2 treble, 2 tenor, bass)
External Links All Music Guide
CPDL page

Misc. Comments

This doesn't seem to be a verbatim text from the Psalms, but is closest (?) to Psalm 127:2. Tagged as a sacred song for now, unless someone can find a Psalm with more or less these words.

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