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==Music files==
==Music files==
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{{Editor|Christopher Shaw|2012-01-10}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|110}}{{Copy|Personal}}
{{Editor|Christopher Shaw|2012-01-10}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|6|110}}{{Copy|Personal}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
:{{EdNotes|Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''What is life and all its pride''<br>
{{Title|''What is life and all its pride''}}
{{Composer|Lord Mornington}}
{{Composer|Lord Mornington}}


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{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:'''
{{Pub|1|}}
 
{{Descr| From Warren's sixteenth "Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees".}}
'''Description:''' From Warren's sixteenth "Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees".
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{Text|English|
<poem>
 
What is life and all its pride,
What is life and all its pride,
If love and pleasure be denied?
If love and pleasure be denied?
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While youth and vigour give us pow'r;
While youth and vigour give us pow'r;
For frozen age will soon destroy
For frozen age will soon destroy
The pow'r to give and take a joy. </poem>
The pow'r to give and take a joy.}}


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[[Category:Classical music]]

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2012-01-10).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: What is life and all its pride
Composer: Lord Mornington

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description:  From Warren's sixteenth "Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees".

External websites:

Original text and translations

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What is life and all its pride,
If love and pleasure be denied?
Snatch me hence ye fates whene'er
The am'rous bliss I cease to share.
O let us crop each fragrant flow'r
While youth and vigour give us pow'r;
For frozen age will soon destroy
The pow'r to give and take a joy.