Bid me discourse
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | Bid me discourse (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Sir Henry Rowley Bishop |
| Author(s): | William Shakespeare |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Bidding; Bright; Charming; Dancing; Discourse; Ears; Enchanting; Fairies; Feet; Flirting; Flowing; Greens; Hair; Invitations; Melismas; Nymphs; Pastoral; Promising; Sand; Shakespeare, William; Tripping; Viola |
| First Line | Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1820 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22372 |
| Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015096442887 |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUs_oRpQOVE |
| Range: | B3 - A5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Major (Search) |
| Notes | Text from Venus and Adonis (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |