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Ah, cruel hateful Fortune
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SSATTB · Brian Russell
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Ah, cruel hateful Fortune by George Kirbye — Lyrics
Ah! cruel, hateful fortune!
Now must I death importune,
Since that I am of all my hope deprived,
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About Ah, cruel hateful Fortune
George Kirbye was a composer of secular part-music in the late Renaissance English tradition. His madrigal Ah, cruel hateful Fortune is written for SSATTB voices. The text expresses the profound despair of the singer, who feels abandoned by fortune and bereft of hope. The words paint a picture of utter desolation, with death being implored as a release from such misery. The only faint comfort the singer can find is the possibility that fortune, weary of inflicting such hardship, might eventually offer some improvement, a sliver of hope in an otherwise bleak outlook.
