The Beauty of song (Daniel W. Crist)
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- (Posted 2023-10-08) CPDL #76145:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-08). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 587 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Beauty of Song
Composer: Daniel W. Crist
Lyricist: Eden Reeder Latta
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1887 D. W. Christ
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Original text and translations
English text
Sweet are the strains of wind-harp a playing,
Softly and dreamlike the sounds glide along;
But to my ear, more sweetness conveying,
Cometh like magic the beauty of song.
Beauty of song, Beauty of song,
Cometh like magic, the beauty of song;
Sweet all the sounds at day’s rosy ending,
But naught’s so sweet as the beauty of song.
Like to the waves of billowy ocean,
Feelings awakened by musical tongue;
Sorrow or joy, or love, the emotion,
Matchless remaineth the beauty of song.
Sweet is the sound of bells that are charming,
But, though bewitching, it is not so strong,
Nought is like words in numbers and rhyming,
Fraught with the wonderful beauty of song.
Sweet is the strain of raindrops descending,
Dancing like fairies the shingles along!
Sweet all the sounds at day’s rosy ending,
But naught’s so sweet as the beauty of song.