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Hark! how the birds on ev'ry bloomy spray, | |||
With joyous music wake the dawning day! | |||
Why sit we mute when early linnets sing, | |||
When warbling Philomel salues the Spring?}} | |||
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[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
Revision as of 10:42, 13 May 2019
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-05-13). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 125 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Hark how the birds
Composer: Henry Lahee
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1869 in Novello Part-Song Book Series 2, Volume 2, no. 82
Description: This madrigal gained 3rd prize if 310, offered by the Bristol Madrigal Society, 1865.
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Original text and translations
English text
Hark! how the birds on ev'ry bloomy spray,
With joyous music wake the dawning day!
Why sit we mute when early linnets sing,
When warbling Philomel salues the Spring?