by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
Who can from joy refrain, this gay
Language: English
Who can from joy refrain, this gay, This pleasing, shining, wond’rous day? For tho’ the sun has all His summer’s glories on, This day has brighter splendours far From a little rising star.
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Text Authorship:
- by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715) [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Who can from joy refrain, this gay
", Z. 342 no. 2 (1695), from Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 33