Hark the birds melodious sing (Thomas Linley the younger)

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• (Posted 2021-09-13)  CPDL #65773: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-09-13).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 426 kB   Copyright: CC BY

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: Hark the birds melodious sing
Composer: Thomas Linley the younger
Lyricist:
Number of voices: (missing)   Voicing: Unknown
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: Unknown
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: This glee was presented to the Catch Club by Mrs [Elizabeth] Sheridan (nee Linley), presumably as a memorial to her prematurely deceased brother. The words are described as "The second chapter of Solomon's song", and are an anonymous verse paraphrase for a piece with a secular purpose.

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