Epitaph on a Dormouse (Benjamin Cooke)

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CPDL #11517:  Sibelius 4

Editor: Robert Nottingham (added 2006-04-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 64 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Sibelius file zipped.

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Title: Epitaph on a Dormouse
Composer: Benjamin Cooke

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: a capella
Published:

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Listen to a free recording of this piece from Coro Nostro, a mixed chamber choir based in Leicester, UK.

Original text and translations

English text

In paper case, hard by this place,
Dead a poor dormouse lies;
And soon or late, summon'd by fate,
Each prince, each monarch dies.

Ye sons of verse, while we rehearse,
Attend instructive rhyme;
No sins had Dor to answer for:
Repent of yours in time.