Thou to whose eyes I bend - Jackson of Exeter, William

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"In his frontispiece, Jackson specified performance in the following terms: "I would just observe, that the following pieces will lose their effect, when the parts are doubled. The manner of performance that I would recommend, is by three voices singing moderately soft, and accompanied with any bass instrument that may have the effect of an accompaniment only; for nothing hurts a piece so much, as making a part principal, or even equal with others, when it was intended to be subservient. The equality of strength among the voices should also be observed; if one voice of the three be strong, and the others weak, it is necessary to soften it down, that the balance may not be destroyed; for it should always be remembered, that as no principal part was intended, there must be none produced"."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → ATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments Basso continuo

Pages 6

CPDL # 68671

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-04-01

License Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike

¶Lyrics / Text

Thou to whose eyes I bend, at whose command (Tho' low my voice, tho' artless be thy hand,) I take the sprightly reed and sing or play, Careless of all the censuring world may say. O fairest of thy sex, be thou my muse, Deign on my work thy influence to diffuse; So shall my notes to future times proclaim Unbounded love and everduring flame.