by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Music, thou Queen of Heaven,...
Language: English
Music, thou Queen of Heaven, Care-charming-spell, That strik'st a stillness into hell: Thou that tam'st Tygers, and fierce storms (that rise) With thy soul-melting Lullabies: Fall down, down, down, from those thy chiming spheres, To charm our souls, as thou enchant'st our ears.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "To Music", subtitle: "A song", appears in The Hesperides [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "To music", 2012 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "To music, a song", op. 49 no. 1, published 1961 [ tenor, chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Herrick Cantata, no. 1, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Nyman (b. 1944), "To Music (ii)", 2016, first performed 2016 [ counter-tenor and orchestra ], from No Time in Eternity, no. 7, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 45