The Elves Dance (John Bennet)

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• (Posted 2011-10-11)  CPDL #24703:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-10-11).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 51 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Revised files uploaded 03/02/17.

• (Posted 2007-09-09)  CPDL #14848:         

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-09).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 17 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2005-11-15)  CPDL #10152: 

Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 27 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan.

• (Posted 1999-07-27)  CPDL #00025:     

Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 1999-07-27).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: midi file created by Robert Losin.

General Information

Title: The Elves Dance
Composer: John Bennet

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1614 in A brief discourse, no. 9

Description:

External websites:

• http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ravenscroft/brief/

Original text and translations

English text

Round about
in a faire ring a,
thus we dance
and thus we sing a,
trip and trip and go,
to and to and fro
over this green a,
all about, in and out,
over this green a.