by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, FBA (1858 - 1923)
Soft Lesbian airs from lutes like mine
Language: English
Soft [Lesbian]1 airs from lutes like mine But faintly murmur forth thy praises...
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: the words above, attributed to "Anon.", appear as one of three brief quotations at the top of Chapter IV of in James Fitzmaurice-Kelly's The Life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: A Biographical, Literary, and Historical Study with a Tentative Bibliography from 1585 to 1892, and An Annotated Appendix on the Canto de Calíope, London, Chapman and Hall, 1892, p. 71. This may be why the text is credited to "J.F.Kelly" in White's song. It is not known yet whether this is the entire sung text.
1 in some editions of White, this is "Lydian"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, FBA (1858 - 1923)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Soft Lesbian airs", alternate title: "Soft Lydian airs", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], London, Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-15
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