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"A setting of David's Absalon, fili mi for his son Absalom, based on 2 Samuel 18:33. First published in ''The Singing-Master's Assistant'', 1778, p. 22."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Laments

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range E2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 30

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 66625

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-11-08

License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

G4 – F5

Alto

C4 – G4

Tenor

G3 – E4

Bass

E2 – C4

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¶Lyrics / Text

David, the king, was grieved and moved, He went to his chamber and wept; And as he went he wept, and said: "O my son! O my son! Would to God I had died For thee, O Absalom, my son!”