In this hour of softened splendour (Ciro Pinsuti)

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• (Posted 2023-11-28)  CPDL #77665:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 503 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2019-02-08)  CPDL #53205:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-02-08).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised files uploaded 22/06/20.

General Information

Title: In this hour of softened splendour
Composer: Ciro Pinsuti
Lyricist: Miss Horace Smith

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published: 1885 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 18, no. 502
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Original text and translations

English text In this hour of softened splendour, When the moon, fair Queen, on high, Bids the stars due homage render to their Sovereign in the sky: In this hour, O lady, hear me, Bid me my passion prove; With thy royal glance, ah! cheer me While I tell all my love. In this hour of softened splendour, When the moon holds court on high, Hear, oh! hear me homage render, And give me sigh for sigh.

See, the gentle moon now paleth, In the radiance of the dawn, And in pure white robe she saileth, All her queenly glory gone: In this hour, O lady, hear me, Bid me my passion prove; With thy royal glance, ah! cheer me While I tell all my love. In this hour so soft and tender, When the moon forgets to shine, And the day breaks forth in splendour, Say, say thou wilt be mine.