Weep, O Mine Eyes

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"Weep, O Mine Eyes" is one of the most famous madrigals of the English composer John Bennet. [1] It is written for four vocal parts and was first published in his first collection, Madrigalls to Fovre Voyces, in 1599. [2] [3] The composition is an homage to John Dowland, being based partly on Dowland's most famous piece, "Flow My Tears". [4] [5]

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References

  1. "John Bennet- Bio, Albums, Pictures". Naxos Classical Music . Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Bennet, John (1599). Madrigalls to Fovre Voyces (images from the 1845 reprint). musopen.org . Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. Aloritias, Karl (1 June 2010). "Weep, O Mine Eyes". Karl's Choral Music Webpage.
  4. Brown, David. "John Bennet (i)". Grove Music Online . grovemusic.com (subscription access).Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. markfromireland (29 September 2015). "John Bennet (±1575–1614): Weep, o mine eyes [The Cambridge Singers – John Rutter]". Saturday Chorale.
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