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'''"If music be the food of love"'' (Original | '''"If music be the food of love"''' (Original: "If musick be the food of love") is a song by [[Henry Purcell]] and was first published in the ''Gentleman’s Journal,'' Juni 1692. There is a persistent belief that the song is a setting of a Shakespeare text. However, only the first line is: "If music be the food of love, play on".<ref name="Shakespeare"/> The lyrics to Purcell's song were written by [[Henry Heveningham]]. | ||
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| | | [[À sa guitare (Album)]] | ||
| | | [[Thibaut Garcia]] | ||
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It is part of the following concert program: | |||
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==Libretto== | ==Libretto== | ||
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| composer = [[Henry Purcell]] | | composer = [[Henry Purcell]] | ||
| lyricist = [[Henry | | lyricist = [[Henry Heveningham]] | ||
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| catalogue = Z.379 | | catalogue = Z.379 | ||
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Sure I must perish by your charms; | Sure I must perish by your charms; | ||
Unless you save me in your arms.</poem> | Unless you save me in your arms.</poem> | ||
<div class="footnotes"><poem> | <div class="footnotes"><poem> | ||
As printed in ''A Collection of Songs'', 1727<ref name="Collection"/></div> | As printed in ''A Collection of Songs'', 1727<ref name="Collection"/></div> | ||
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<ref name="FR">German translation: FR, 2021</ref> | <ref name="FR">German translation: FR, 2021</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:17th-century music]] | ||
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