Summer (Daniel Belknap)

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• (Posted 2016-09-26)  CPDL #41248:     

Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-26).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 32 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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• (Posted 2016-04-18)  CPDL #39368:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-18).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1797.

• (Posted 2016-04-18)  CPDL #39367:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-18).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Summer
First Line: How soon, alas! must summer's sweets decay
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular   Meter: 10 10. 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1797 in The Harmonist's Companion, no. 3, p. 5
Description: Words by an unknown author, apparently first published with this tune.

Original text and translations

English text

How soon, alas! must summer's sweets decay,
And all her beauties fade, and die away!
The spicy shrub, and flower with head inclined,
Must perish, leaving not a wreck behind!
Thus the rich growth of the most friendly clime
Must fall a victim to devouring time.