by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The nightingale
Language: English
The Nightingale, the Organ of delight, the nimble Lark, the Blackbird, and the Thrush, and all the pretty quiristers of flight, that chant their Music notes in ev'ry bush: Let them no more contend who shall excel, the Cuckoo is the bird that bears the bell.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623), "The nightingale", published 1608 [three-part chorus a cappella], from the collection Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices, no. 25, Thomas Este, London [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 46