My beloved spake, 1677 arr. J Hooper

File:	purc_mbs_jh.nwcSeptember 202215.04 kB`00:08:46`
Composer:	Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
About:	http://www.naxos.com/person/Henr....._20995/20995.htm
Genre:	Choral love Song
Instruments:	arranged for SATB (piccolo, clarinet, French horn, bassoon) and strings, etc)
Submitter:	John Hooper
Email:	John (e-mail)
Website:	http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk

There are no text/lyrics; this File was generated purely for Choral Rehearsing purposes (using a published piano-reduction Score), and so doesn't look pretty even though it should sound reasonable (though that depends very much on your hardware/software; mine is a Soundblaster AWE64 Gold). Voice-emphasised Midi Files of the whole work can be downloaded for free from my Website (above).
I have prepared two versions of this song. One is strictly as the IMSLP Score (https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:I.....dex/255569/torat) , and is rather slow and boring. The other is lively and tuneful - more in accord with the performance by the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McMreesh on YouTube starting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJIoLEpPqJI .
The Site also contains Midi Files for several rather more modern Composers, for which NWC versions may be available.

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