by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616)
Song for a dance
Language: English
Shake off your heavy trance and leap into the dance! Fit only for Apollo to play to, for the moon to lead and the stars to follow.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) [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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Song for a dance", 1986 [ mixed chorus ], from Songs of Youth and Pleasure, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-27
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