Summer is gone (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
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- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-19). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 129 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- Editor: Steve Bartlett (submitted 2013-02-06). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Published by Curwen in 1911. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Summer is gone
Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Summer is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
And even Autumn closes.
Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder,
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder
And the last buds cease blowing.
German translation
Der Sommer ist vorüber mit all seinen Rosen,
seiner Sonne, den Düften und süßen Blumen,
seiner warmen Luft und den erfrischenden Schauern;
und sogar der Herbst geht zu Ende.
Ja, des Herbstes frostiges Ich geht vorüber,
und der Winter kommt, der noch kälter ist,
jeden Tag wird der Rauhreif stärker,
und der Wind trägt die letzten Knospen
davon.