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Songe to Aelle (John Wall Callcott)
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= HELP- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2008-05-26). Score information: A4 (landscape), 9 pages, 89 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The original spelling of Chatterton's poem has been restored in this edition.
General Information
Title: Songe to Aelle, sometimes spelt "Ella"
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: Thomas Chatterton (1752 – 1770)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Middle English
Instruments: a cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).
Published: Not known
Description: A four part glee. Pssibly part 1 of a set with Calcott's glee "Oh thou where'er (thie bones att reste)"
External websites: The full annotated text of Chatterton's poem may be found at the online version of "The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century" By Thomas Warton. page 346
Original text and translations
Middle English text
Songe to Aelle
Lines 1 to 4
by Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
O thou or whatt remaynes of thee,
Aelle the darlynge of futuritie
Lette this mie songe bolde as thy courage bee,
As everlastynge to posterytie!
