On a hill there grows a flower - Moeran, Ernest John

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"Originally published by Novello and Co Ltd."

⌛ Period → 20th Century

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♯ Key G# minor

⁄ Time Signature 6/8

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range F#2 – G#5

♩ Tempo andantino (80)

◷ Duration ~1 min 53 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 50

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments SATB, Piano

Pages 6

CPDL # 80019

Editor Ian Haslam

Posted 2024-04-06

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

F#4 – G#5

Alto

G#3 – C#5

Tenor

C#3 – G#4

Bass

F#2 – C#4

Piano (For rehearsal only)

F#2 – F#4

¶Lyrics / Text

On a hill there grows a flower, Fair befall the dainty sweet! By that flower there is a bower, Where the heavenly Muses meet. In that bower there is a chair, Fringèd all about with gold, Where doth sit the fairest fair That did ever eye behold. It is Phyllis, fair and bright, She that is the shepherds' joy, She that Venus did despite, And did blind her little boy. This is she, the wise, the rich, That the world desires to see: This is _ipsa quæ_, the which There is none but only she. Who would not this face admire? Who would not this saint adore? Who would not this sight desire, Though he thought to see no more? O, fair eyes, yet let me see, One good look, and I am gone: Look on me, for I am he, Thy poor silly Corydon. Thou that art the shepherds' queen, Look upon thy silly swain; By thy comfort have been seen Dead men brought to life again.

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