Where the bee sucks (Thomas Arne)

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• (Posted 2023-11-07)  CPDL #77045: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-07).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 681 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition includes the original orchestral accompaniment.

• (Posted 2022-04-01)  CPDL #68677: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-04-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 167 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.This arrangement, for keyboard accompaniment, published in William Linley's anthology, "Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs", 1816.

General Information

Title: Where the bee sucks
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: William Shakespeare
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo,Orchestral accompaniment

First published: 1748
Description: Arne's setting from The Tempest. The model for William Jackson of Exeter's redrafting as a glee.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Where the bee sucks.