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Fair Oriana, beauty's queen, | |||
Tripped along the verdant green. | |||
The fauns and satyrs, running out, | |||
Skipped and danced round about. | |||
Flora forsook her painted bow'rs, | |||
And made a coronet of flow'rs. | |||
Then sang the nymphs of chaste Diana: | |||
Long live fair Oriana. | |||
</poem> | |||
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Revision as of 18:03, 29 August 2014
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- CPDL #32806:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2014-08-29). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 62 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for SSATB or transposed down a fourth for the same forces. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Fair Oriana, beauty's queen
Composer: John Hilton the elder
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1601
Description: Hilton's contribution to Thomas Morley's collection, "The triumphs of Oriana".
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Original text and translations
English text
Fair Oriana, beauty's queen,
Tripped along the verdant green.
The fauns and satyrs, running out,
Skipped and danced round about.
Flora forsook her painted bow'rs,
And made a coronet of flow'rs.
Then sang the nymphs of chaste Diana:
Long live fair Oriana.