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'''Title:''' ''Songe to Aelle'', sometimes spelt "Ella"<br>
'''Title:''' ''Songe to Aelle'', sometimes spelt "Ella"<br>
{{Composer|John Wall Callcott}}
{{Composer|John Wall Callcott}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Chatterton| (1752 – 1770)}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Chatterton}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Language|Middle English}}
{{Language|Middle English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}} (originally). {{PnoAcc|Piano accompaniment}} added by William Horsley (1774-1858).<br><br>
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}} (originally). {{PnoAcc|Piano accompaniment}} added by [[William Horsley]].<br><br>
'''Published:''' Not known
'''Published:''' Not known


'''Description:''' A four part glee. Pssibly part 1 of a set with Calcott's glee "Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste)"
'''Description:''' A four part glee. Possibly part 1 of a set with Callcott's glee {{NoComp|Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste)|John Wall Callcott}}.


'''External websites:''' The full annotated text of Chatterton's poem may be found at the [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bhFSLSQMXCwC&source=gbs_similarbooks_r&cad=2_1 online version of] "The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century" By Thomas Warton. page 346
'''External websites:''' The full annotated text of Chatterton's poem may be found at the [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bhFSLSQMXCwC&source=gbs_similarbooks_r&cad=2_1 online version of] "The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century" By Thomas Warton. page 346

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Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2008-05-26).   Score information: A4 (landscape), 9 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: The original spelling of Chatterton's poem has been restored in this edition.

General Information

Title: Songe to Aelle, sometimes spelt "Ella"
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: Thomas Chatterton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: Middle English
Instruments: a cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley.

Published: Not known

Description: A four part glee. Possibly part 1 of a set with Callcott's glee Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste).

External websites: The full annotated text of Chatterton's poem may be found at the online version of "The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century" By Thomas Warton. page 346

Original text and translations

Middle_English.png Middle English text Songe to Aelle

Lines 1 to 4

by Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)

O thou or whatt remaynes of thee,
Aelle the darlynge of futuritie
Lette this mie songe bolde as thy courage bee,
As everlastynge to posterytie!