In the lonely vale (John Wall Callcott)

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• (Posted 2021-09-30)  CPDL #65973:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-09-30).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 202 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

• (Posted 2005-10-19)  CPDL #09988:   

Editor: Robin Doveton (submitted 2005-10-19).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 280 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: In the lonely vale
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: Ossian
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
    2nd published: 1853 Novello's Glee Club no.73
Description: As in a number of his glees, Callcott calls the 2nd voice Soprano, perhaps meaning a female voice with mezzo-soprano range. Revised Sept 2020.

Original text and translations

English text

In the lonely vale of streams, abides the narrow Soul.
Years roll on,
Seasons return, but he is still unknown.
In a blast comes cloudy
Death, and lays his gray head low.
His Ghost is folded in the vapour of the fenny field;
Its course is never on hills, nor mossy vales of wind.