Music the soul with melody inspires (Dodd Perkins)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-03-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 123 kB   Copyright: Personal
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Title: Music the soul with melody inspires
Composer: Dodd Perkins
Lyricist: Marmaduke John Daintreycreate page

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800
Description: By the organist of Wells Cathedral; performed with great applause at the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, Bath.

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Original text and translations

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Music the soul with melody inspires,
The heart of man with true ambition fires;
When the soft strains with pleasing concord flow,
The lover's tender passions softer grow:
Music charms grief, Fate's rigid pow'r defies,
Sorrow throws off, and dries the weeping eyes:
Ev'n savages soft music's sounds adore,
And seem to lose their nature by its gentle pow'r.