Whether I find thee op.45.2 (Edward Elgar)

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• (Posted 2023-10-12)  CPDL #76266:     

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.

• (Posted 2021-12-29)  CPDL #67263:         

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.

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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

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!