The fatal hour comes on apace
| Song Title | The fatal hour comes on apace (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Purcell |
| Author(s): | Anonymous |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Believing; Breaking; Calling; Curing; Death; Despair; Dying; Enduring; Fatal; Fate; Fountains; Grief; Heartbreak; Hearts; Hoping; Hours; Lute Song; Metaphor: Thoughts as Knife; Metaphor: Wounds as Fountains; Misery; Pain; Pangs; Parting; Racking/Wracking; Seeing; Speaking; Stabbing; Suffering; Thoughts; Vital; Words; Wounds |
| First Line | The fatal hour comes on apace (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1702 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=728 |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnu7skEUfhQ |
| Catalog Designation | Z 421 (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Can be performed with harpsichord, continuo, lute (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |