Spring's approach (Seymour John Grey Egerton)

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• (Posted 2023-10-11)  CPDL #76250:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-11).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 551 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2020-02-21)  CPDL #57140:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-02-21).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 113 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: In English and German.

General Information

Title: Spring's approach
Composer: Seymour John Grey Egerton
Lyricist: Franz Alfred Muth

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Languages: English, German
Instruments: Piano

Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1880 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 13, no. 386
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Original text and translations

English translation Spring's approach O first sweet breath of balmy air, O first chaste kiss from violet fair; Fond heart, ah! why this beating? Dost call to mind the long sweet hours, Thy youth's bright dreams, her perfumed flowers: Young love, and lovers' meeting? O first sweet breath of balmy air, O first chaste kiss from violet fair; Fond heart, ah! why this beating? I know not why, there comes a breeze, A gentle breath through budding trees, From yonder valley sleeping, That wakes my heart to hope and prayer, That soothes my woe, my anxious care, And stays my hopeless weeping. O first sweet breath… Translation by Mrs Cary-Elwes

German text Frühlingsanfang O erster Hauch der Frühlingsluft, O erster, süsser Veilchenduft, Was wechst du mir im Herzen? Rufst du vergang'ne Tage zurück, Voll Jugendleid, voll Jugendglück, Voll Lust und Lieb und Scherzen? O erster Hauch der Frühlingsluft, O erster, süsser Veilchenduft, Was wechst du mir im Herzen? Ich weiss es nicht, Es ist ein Weh'n, Ein leises, süsses Aufersteh'n Im Thal, wie in dem Herzen; Als müsst' ich beten zu dieser Stund' Aus meine Seel', tiefstem Grund, Aus meiner Sehn sucht Schmerzen. O erster Hauch…