It Was a Lover and His Lass

Song TitleIt Was a Lover and His Lass (Search)
Composer(s):Gerard Barton
Author(s):William Shakespeare
Keyword(s) & Features: Birds; Carol; Carpe Diem; Corn; Country; Double Entendre; Fields; Flowers; Folks; Hey Noni Noni; Joy; Lasses; Life; Lovers; Lying; Pastoral; Prime; Relaxation; Rye; Spring; Time
First LineIt was a lover and his lass, (Search)
Year of composition 1903 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14870
Larger Work3 Shakespeare Songs, No. 1 (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsElizabethan poetry and drama (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Shakespeare_Songs_(Barton%2C_Gerard)
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBass or Baritone
Range: G2 - D4 (Search)
Original KeyC Major (Search)
NotesFrom As you like it (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceAmerican Art Songs of the Turn of the Century; ISBN 0-486-26749-0 (Search)
ContributorGTM , Mishelle Cipriani (Search)
Contributor Affiliation University of Utah (Search)
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