Un prince qui descend d'une lignée glorieuse

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by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

A Prince of glorious race descended

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

A Prince of glorious race descended
At his happy Birth attended
With rosy, smiling hours, to show
He will golden days bestow.

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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), "A Prince of glorious race descended ", Z. 342 no. 3 (1695), from Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester, no. 3. [
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

Un prince qui descend d'une lignée...

Language: French (Français) after the English

Un prince qui descend d'une lignée glorieuse,
À son naissance heureuse, assisté
Par des heures brillantes et souriantes pour montrer
Qu'il accordera des jours dorés.

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a text in English by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 25