An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass, Z 241 - Purcell, Henry

An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass, Z 241 - Page 1

←→ navigate F fullscreen

PDF ↗ MXL ↗

Download PDF on CPDL ↗

⌛ Period → Baroque

◈ Genre / Form Canons

♯ Key D minor

♬ Voicing → ATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range C4 – A5

¶ Language → English

Measures 9

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments ATB

Pages 1

CPDL # 54291

Editor Raymond Nagem

Posted 2019-05-22

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

G4 – F5

C4 – A5

D4 – A5

¶Lyrics / Text

An Ape, a Lion, a Fox, and an Ass, Do shew forth Man's Life as it were in a Glass: For Apish we are till Twenty and one, And after that, Lions till Forty be gone; Then witty as Foxes till Threescore and Ten, but after that Asses, and so no more Men. A Dove, a Sparrow, a Parrot, a Crow, As plainly sets forth how you Women may know: Harmless they are, till Thirteen be gone, Then Wanton as Sparrows till Forty draw on; Then Prating as Parrots till Threescore be o'er, Then Birds of ill Omen, and Women no more.

9 views