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Epitaph (Jonathan Battishill)
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General Information
Title: Epitaph
Composer: Jonathan Battishill
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTTB
Genre: Secular, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: ca. 1786
Description: The text of this catch/glee/round ("Written on Sir Andrew Keeling's tomb") was also published in "The County Magazine" Salisbury, December 1786 (see below).
External websites:
- The County Magazine 1786/1787: Google books
Original text and translations
English text
Here on his back doth lay Sir Andrew Keeling;
And at his feet his mournful lady kneeling.
But when he was alive and had his feeling,
She laid upon her back and he was kneeling.
Categories: TTTB | Secular music | Canons | A cappella | English texts | Texts | Sheet music | Classical music
