Bespeel de viool | Bespeel de viool, beroer de luit

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by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Strike the Viol

Language: English

Our translations: DUT FRE

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Strike the Viol, touch the Lute;
Wake the Harp, inspire the Flute:
Sing your Patronesse's Praise,
Sing, in cheerful and harmonious Lays.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Purcell

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), "Strike the Viol", subtitle: "Duke of Gloucester's Birthday Ode" [
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by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Strike the viol", Z. 323 no. 5 (1694) [counter-tenor], from Come, ye Sons of Art, no. 5. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "Bespeel de viool", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, 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

Bespeel de viool

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

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Bespeel de viool, beroer de luit
Wek de harp, inspireer de fluit
Zing op uw beschermvrouwe lof
Met vrolijk en harmonieus geluid.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2008 by Lidy van Noordenburg, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 22