If music be the food of love (3rd Version)
| Song Title | If music be the food of love (3rd 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 | 4:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1692 - 1695 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7988 |
| Larger Work | Gentleman's Journal (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/36Yl3nAv4qt80IXsXVb3H5?si=Kjb1KdzeQQaHTp0p-E95WQ |
| Difficulty Level | College; Masters/YA School (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Z 380 (Search) |
| Notes | Benjamin Britten wrote a piano realization of this piece. (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Can be performed with harpsichord, continuo, lute (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |