The last rose of summer - Oostenbrug, Wytze

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""The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'. The poem is set to a traditional tune called "Aisling an Óigfhear", or "The Young Man's Dream",[2] which was transcribed by Edward Bunting in 1792, based on a performance by harper Denis Hempson (Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh) at the Belfast Harp Festival.[3] The poem and the tune together were published in December 1813 in volume 5 of Thomas Moore's A Selection of Irish Melodies. The original piano accompaniment was written by John Andrew Stevenson, several other arrangements followed in the 19th and 20th centuries. The poem is now probably at least as well known in its song form as in the original."

◈ Genre / Form Folksongs

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range A-2 – F5

♩ Tempo 100

◷ Duration ~1 min 42 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 51

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 80524

Editor Wytze Oostenbrug

Posted 2024-05-06

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

E4 – F5

Alto

A3 – B-4

Tenor

E-3 – E-4

Bass

A-2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

3. The last rose of summer Irish Traditional — Lyrics: Thomas Moore (1805) 'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone; All her lovely companions are faded and gone. No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh To reflect back her blushes, or give sigh for sigh. I'll leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed, Where the mates of the garden lie scentless and dead. So soon may I follow when friendships decay, And from Love's shining circle the gems drop away. When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown, Oh! who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

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