Tho mean thy birth - Cooke, Benjamin

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"This three-part glee (T.T.B. unacc.) of 1773 by Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793) sets a text by John Hughes (1677–1720) in praise of Thomas Britton (1644–1714) a London coal merchant and influential amateur London music-lover and concert promoter."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Glees

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → TTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – B-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 34

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 80623

Editor Andrew Pink

Posted 2024-05-11

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

♫Pitch Ranges

Part_1

D4 – B-5

Part_2

D4 – F5

Part_3

F2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

Tho mean thy birth yet in thy humble cell Did gentle peace and arts unpurchas'd dwell. Well pleas'd Apollo thither led his train And Music warbl'd in her sweetest strain, Silenius so as fables tell and Jove Came willing guests to poor Philomen's grove. Let useless pomp behold and blush to find So low a station and such a lib'ral mind.