If music be the food of love

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If music be the food of love
by Henry Purcell
Native nameIf musick be the food of love
CatalogueZ 379
LibrettoHenry Heveningham
LanguageEnglish
Based onTwelfth Night, William Shakespeare
Composed1692–1695[1]

"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".[2] The lyrics to Purcell's song were written by Henry Heveningham. [1]

It appears on the following album:

Year Album With
2021 À sa guitare (Album) Thibaut Garcia

It is part of the following concert program:

Year Album With
20212022 À sa guitare (Concert program) Thibaut Garcia

Libretto

If Music Be the Food of Love

Henry Purcell (music),  Henry Heveningham (words)


United Kingdom
Ancient English

If musick be the food of love,
Sing on till I am fill'd with joy;
For then my list'ning soul you move
To pleasures that can never cloy:
Your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare,
That you are musick every where.

Pleasures invade both eye and ear;
So fierce the transports are, they wound;
And all my senses feasted are,
Tho' yet the treat is only sound:
Sure I must perish by your charms;
Unless you save me in your arms.

As printed in A Collection of Songs, 1727[3]
Germany

Wenn Musik der Liebe Nahrung ist,
Sing weiter, bis ich mit Freude erfüllt bin;
Denn dann rührst du meine lauschende Seele
Zu nie versiegenden Genüssen:
Deine Augen, dein Mienenspiel, deine Zunge verkünden,
Dass du überall Musik bist.

Genüsse dringen in Aug und Ohr;
So heftig sind die Empfindungen, dass sie verwunden;
Und alle meine Sinne sind ergötzt,
Und doch ist der Genuss nur Schall:
Sicher muss ich durch deine Reize sterben;
Rettest du mich nicht in deinen Armen.
[4]

Manuscripts and sheet music

  • Text: British Library
A Collection of Songs. at Oxford University: . Walthoe. 1727.
  • Sheet Music: IMSLP
"If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Zimmerman-Verzeichnis". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. "Twelfth Night, ACT I SCENE I". Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  3. A Collection of Songs. at Oxford University: . Walthoe. 1727.
  4. German translation: FR, 2021
  5. "If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.