Lost is my quiet forever, Z 502 (Henry Purcell)
From ChoralWiki
Music files
| ICON | SOURCE |
|---|---|
 |
|
 |
MusicXML |
 |
Sibelius |
 |
File details |
 |
Help |
- (Posted 2012-04-29) CPDL #25557: (Sibelius 6)
- Editor: Will Pargeter (submitted 2012-02-06). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 233 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed and vaguely extemporised by ear, because I wanted the score myself. All mistakes are, of course, intentional. Written down a Semi, so it will sound near baroque pitch even when played by a lazy Pianist.
General Information
Title: Lost is my quiet
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: Soprano-Bass duo
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1698
Description:
External websites:
- Recording of this work on YouTube
Original text and translations
English text
Lost is my quiet for ever,
Lost is life's happiest part;
Lost all my tender endeavours,
To touch an insensible heart.
But tho' my Despair is past curing,
And much undeserv'd is my fate,
I'll show by a patient enduring
My love is unmov'd as her hate.