Sylvia, wilt thou waste thy time (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2022-07-11)  CPDL #69980: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-07-11).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 588 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. The source quotes only verse 1; the two latter verses have been imported editorially from other similar song collections.

General Information

Title: Sylvia, wilt thou waste thy time
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso (trans. Wm. Ayre)^{create page}
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: c.1755
Description: Published without attribution in "Amaryllis", London; a collection of "such songs as are most esteemed for composition and delicacy and sung at the Publick Theatres or Gardens". The piece looks very like the work of James Oswald.

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