Milton, Armed (Barbara Rosen)
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- Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2020-01-04). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 180 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Sung as an encore to the Renaissance Street Singers' 2005 Loft Concert.
General Information
Title: Milton, Armed
Composer: Barbara Rosen
Lyricist: John Milton
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAB
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2004
Description: A setting of text from Milton's La Allegro with a cantus firmus of "L'homme armé"
Original text
English text
In notes with many a winding bout
of linked sweetness long drawn out
With wanton heed and giddy cunning,
the melting voice through mazes running,
Untwisting all the chains that tie
the secret soul of harmony.