If music be the food of love (1st Version)

Song TitleIf 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 LineIf music be the food of love (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1692 - 1695 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7987
Larger WorkGentleman's Journal (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelHS (Search)
Catalog DesignationZ 379 (Search)
Range: C4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyF minor (Search)
NotesBenjamin Britten wrote a piano realization of this piece. (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceCan be performed with harpsichord, continuo, lute (Search)
More Than One Voice?Arranged for choir (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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