The nightingale in silent night (George Rathbone)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-30). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 329 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The nightingale in silent night
Composer: George Rathbone
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1899 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
The nightingale in silent night
Doth sing as well as in in the light,
To lull love’s watchful eyes asleep;
She doth her nightly vigils keep.
Then hey ho, sing we with all,
What fortune us so e’er befall.