Hail, hallow'd vault (Theodore Aylward)

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• (Posted 2023-01-30)  CPDL #72445: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-01-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 334 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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General Information

Title: Hail, hallow'd shade
Composer: Theodore Aylward
Lyricist: William Hayley^{create page}
Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: Harpsichord, Violoncello The bass line is for either Violoncello or for Harpsichord (not both).

First published: c.1790 (n/d)
Description: "Eight canzonets for two soprano voices, dedicated by permission to their Royal Highnesses Princess Augusta and Princess Elizabeth" (and, one assumes, intended for domestic performance by the Royal Family).

Original text and translations

English text

Hail, hallow'd vault, whose darksome caverns hold
A frame, tho' mortal, of no common mould;
A heart scarce sullied with a human flaw,
Which shunn'd no duty and transgress'd no law;
In joy still guarded, in distress serene,
Through life a model of the golden mean,
Which friendship only led him to transgress,
Whose purer spirit sanctifies excess.