If music be the food of love (1st Version)
Song Title | If music be the food of love (1st Version) (Search) |
Composer(s): | Henry Purcell |
Author(s): | Henry Heveningham |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Arms; Charms; Declaring; Ears; Eyes; Feasting; Fierce; Food; Invading; Joy; Listening; Longing; Love; Loving; Mien; Music; Perishing; Pleasures; Satisfaction; Saving; Sensuality; Singing; Songs; Souls; Sound; Tongues; Wounding |
First Line | If music be the food of love (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1692 - 1695 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7987 |
Larger Work | Gentleman's Journal (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6c/IMSLP64370-PMLP131141-If_Music_Be_The_Food_Of_Love.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/52OzKkHmdWgR9ovnzgl6wc?si=u6YB418nQKS1qQYG4Jc5_w |
Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Z 379 (Search) |
Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
Original Key | F minor (Search) |
Notes | Benjamin Britten wrote a piano realization of this piece. (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Can be performed with harpsichord, continuo, lute (Search) |
More Than One Voice? | Arranged for choir (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |