Whether I find thee op.45.2 (Edward Elgar)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-12). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 558 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: SATB arrangement by Elgar from his original for male voices.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-12-29). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
General Information
Title: Whether I find thee op.45.2
Composer: Edward Elgar
Lyricist: Andrew Lang
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: TTBB or SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1903
2nd published: 1922 Novello and Co.
Description: Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthology, No. 2
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Original text and translations
English text
Whether I find thee bright with fair,
Or still as bright with raven hair;
With equal grace thy tresses shine,
Ah, queen, and Love will dwell divine
In these thy locks, on that far day,
When gold or sable turns to grey!