\header { composer = "Orlando Gibbons" title = "The Silver Swan" enteredby = "music@chubb.wattle.id.au" mutopiatitle = "The Silver Swan" mutopiainstrument = "Voice" date = "1612" source = "http://www.musicaviva.com/ensemble/choir/music.tpl?filnavn=gibbons-silver-swan AND the Penguin Book of Madrigals" style = "Renaissance" copyright = "MutopiaBSD" maintainer = "Peter Chubb" maintainerEmail = "music@chubb.wattle.id.au" lastupdated = "2003/May/9" tagline = "\\parbox{\\hsize}{\\thefooter\\quad\\small\\noindent\\hspace{\\stretch{1}} This music is part of the Mutopia project: \\hspace{\\stretch{1}} \\texttt{http://www.MutopiaProject.org/}\\\\ \\makebox[\\textwidth][c]{It has been typeset and released under the MutopiaBSD licence by " + \maintainer + ".} \\makebox[\\textwidth][c]{You should have received a copy of the licence with this music. 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