Evening (Arthur Sullivan)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-07-18). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file is in compressed .mxl format. Revised files uploaded 24/07/19.
- Editor: Stuart McIntosh (submitted 2001-02-16). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 220 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Evening
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Lyricist: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Translation by Richard Monckton Milnes
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 5, no. 152
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Original text and translations
English text
Peace breathes along the shades
Of ev'ry hill,
The tree tops of the glades
Are hush'd and still;
All woodland murmurs cease;
The birds to rest within the break are gone.
Be patient weary heart,
Anon thou too shalt be at peace,
Thou, too, shalt be at peace.