Drink to me only with thine eyes (Elizabeth Turner)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-10-04). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 348 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Full realisation of accompaniment, including figured bass
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2014-10-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 36 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The flute part in D major has not been reproduced as the flute was a transposing instrument in the 18th Century, whereas now the flute need only follow the right hand staff of the harpsichord part.
General Information
Title: Drink to me only with thine eyes
Composer: Elizabeth Turner
Lyricist: Ben Jonson
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo, violin, flute
First published: 1756
Description: An elegant setting of Jonson's poem. N.B. the source consists, in standard C18th practice, of two (keyboard) staves, the bass line figured, and with a separate (nowadays obsolete) transposing score for flute. In performance, this should be realised as violin or flute obligato, keyboard and optional Violoncello supporting the bass line. On no account should the flute double the keyboard left-hand, as stated in the PDF for CPDL #33096
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Drink to me only with thine eyes.