by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Recitative. But oh, when age, life’s...
Language: English
But oh, when age, life’s winter comes, What then my fair-one say. What wit, art, object power or sums, What then will make us gay?
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published 1748
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Hayes (1708 - 1777), "Recitative. But oh, when age, life’s winter comes", published 1748 [ voice and continuo ], from cantata A winter scene at Ross in Herefordshire, no. 2, Verified with Six Cantatas Set to Musick by William Hayes Bac. Mus. Organist of Magd. Coll. and Professor in the University of Oxford, London 1748. [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-14
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Word count: 25