Dirge for the faithful lover (Julius Benedict)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-21). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 411 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-03-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 93 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Dirge for the faithful lover
Composer: Julius Benedict
Lyricists: Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, some divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1869 in Novello Part-Song Book (2nd Series), Vol. 1, no. 40
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, you whose loves are dead,
And whiles I sing,
Weep, and wring
Every hand; and every head
Bind with cypress and sad yew;
Ribbons black and candles blue,
For him that was of men most true!
Come with heavy moaning,
And on his grave
Let him have
Sacrifice of sighs and groaning;
Let him have fair flowers enow,
White and purple, green and yellow,
For him that was of men most true!
The Knight of the burning Pestle
Act IV, Scene IV