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by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)

Strike the viol
 (Sung text for setting by H. Purcell)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  DUT FRE
Strike the Viol, touch the Lute;
Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute:
Sing your Patronesse's Praise,
Sing, in cheerful and harmonious Lays.

Composition:

    Set to music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Strike the viol", Z. 323 no. 5 (1694) [ counter-tenor ], from Come, ye Sons of Art, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Bespeel de viool", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

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