by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
When griping grief the heart doth wound
Language: English after the English
When griping grief the heart doth wound, And doleful dumps the mind oppress, Then music with her silver sound ... With speedy help doth lend redress.
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The musicians quote part of a song, with some discussion between the third and fourth lines that has been omitted.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene 5 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , no title ; composed by Paul Cadow.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960) [an adaptation] ; composed by Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-07
Line count: 5
Word count: 25