If music be the food of love, Z 379 - Purcell, Henry

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""The second verse comes from the alternate setting (Z 379a) published in the Gentleman's Journal of June 1692." (see Talk:If music be the food of love, Z 379 (Henry Purcell).)"

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Partsongs

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → Solo Soprano

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 753

Texture mixed texture

Parts 12

Instruments Basso continuo; or partly Piano, partly a cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 83092

Editor Nalei HU

Posted 2024-12-15

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

B3 – F5

Sopranos

G#3 – G5

Altos

G3 – D5

Tenors

C3 – B-4

Basses

F2 – D5

¶Lyrics / Text

If music be the food of love, sing on till I am fill'd with joy; for then my list'ning soul you move with pleasures that can never cloy, your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare that you are music ev'rywhere. Pleasures invade both eye and ear, so fierce the transports are, they wound, and all my senses feasted are, tho' yet the treat is only sound. Sure I must perish by our charms, unless you save me in your arms.