The self banished (John Blow): Difference between revisions
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{{Verse|1}} It is not that I love you less | {{Verse|1}} It is not that I love you less | ||
Than when before your feet I lay, | Than when before your feet I lay, | ||
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Too late begins those shafts to shun, | Too late begins those shafts to shun, | ||
Which Phœbus through his veins has shot. | Which Phœbus through his veins has shot. | ||
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{{Verse|4}} Too late he would the pain assuage, | {{Verse|4}} Too late he would the pain assuage, | ||
And to thick shadows does retire; | And to thick shadows does retire; | ||
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{{Verse|5}} But vow’d I have, and never must | {{Verse|5}} But vow’d I have, and never must | ||
Your banish’d servant trouble you; | Your banish’d servant trouble you; | ||
For if I break, you may distrust | For if I break, you may distrust | ||
The vow I made to love you, too.}} | The vow I made to love you, too. | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Baroque music]] | [[Category:Baroque music]] | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 28 December 2014
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- CPDL #33039:
- Editor: Cathal Twomey (submitted 2014-09-27). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth for low voice. Minor adjustments to the continuo part to accommodate lower pitch.
- CPDL #33037:
- Editor: Cathal Twomey (submitted 2014-09-27). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 85 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: At original pitch for high voice and continuo. Underlay is first verse only; edition includes suggestions for how to add the other verses.
General Information
Title: The Self Banished
Composer: John Blow
Lyricist: Edmund Waller
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: S
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1700
Description: Minuet setting of a poem by Waller, published in 'Amphion Anglicus', a collection of vocal music by John Blow, in 1700.
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Original text and translations
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1 It is not that I love you less 2 In vain (alas!) for everything 3 Who in the spring from the new sun |
4 Too late he would the pain assuage, 5 But vow’d I have, and never must |