Musical Captive - Wood, Abraham

"Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, six lines from a long poem entitled ''The Happy Man''. The meter is irregular, so other lines from this poem don't fit the music."

⌛ Period → Baroque

◈ Genre / Form Secular

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 39630

Editor Barry Johnston

Posted 2016-05-11

License Public Domain

¶Lyrics / Text

Music, descending on a silent cloud, Tuned all her strings with endless art; By slow degrees from soft to loud; Changing, she rose: The harp and lute harmonious join, the hero to salute, And make a captive of his heart.

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