Dry be that tear, my gentlest love (Thomas Linley the elder)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2017-11-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 58 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Dry be that tear, my gentlest love
Composer: Thomas Linley the elder
Lyricist: Richard Brinsley Sheridancreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Thomas Linley was the head of a musical Bath family several of whose children achieved a national reputation (as did his son in law, and lyricist in this piece). Some of his elegies (a mid- eighteenth century form akin to, but separate from, the glee were perhaps composed for his dughters, two of whom were well known singers. This piece is perhaps one such.
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