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If that a Sinners sighes be Angels foode

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If that a Sinners sighes be Angels foode by John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

This devotional song was published in Dowland's Pilgrimes Solace in 1612 (No. XIII). Dowland was probably familiar with William Byrd's five-part setting of the same text found in Psalmes, Sonets, & songs of sadnes and pietie, London, 1588, (no.30), but Dowland chose to set only the first verse with a few minor modifications to the words.

Our recording includes the fifth and final verse from Byrd's setting of the poetry.

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If that a Sinners sighes be Angels foode,
Or that repentant teares be Angels wine,
Accept O Lord in this most pensiue moode,
These hearty sighes and dolefull plaints of mine.
That went with Peter forth most sinfully,
But not as Peter did, weepe [most] bitterly.

[Thy mercie greater is then any sinne,
thy greatnesse non can ever comprehend:
wherefore O Lord, let mee thy mercie winne,
whose glorious name no time can ever end:
wherefore I say all prayse belongs to thee,
whom I beseech bee mercifull to mee.]

Additional verse from William Byrd, Psalmes, Sonets, & songs of sadnes and pietie (London, 1588), no.30

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from Singles, released March 28, 2013
Recorded live at Immaculate Conception Church, Cleveland, OH 06/13/18 by Ron Andrico and Donna Stewart.

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Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more

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