Is she not passing fair?

Is she not passing fair?

"Is she not passing fair?" is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar.

It was completed on 28 October 1886, [Percy Young: ‘’Elgar O.M.’’ ] but not published until 1908, by Boosey & Co.

It is described as a "Lay, written by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391-1466), translated [from the French] by Louisa Stuart Costello".

Lyrics

IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?

:Is she not passing fair,::She whom I love so well ?:On earth, in sea, or air,::Where may her equal dwell ?:Oh! tell me, ye who dare::To brave her beauty's spell,:Is she not passing fair,::She whom I love so well ?

:Whether she speak or sing,::Be jocund or serene,:Alike in ev'rything,::Is she not beauty's queen ?:Then let the world declare,::Let all who see her tell,:That she is passing fair,::She whom I love so well !

Recordings

* [http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Works-Songs-Piano-Music-By-Edward-Elgar-MP3-Download/11044195.html Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar] has "Is she not passing fair?" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).
* [http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/02/somm220.htm The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220] Neil Mackie (tenor) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References

*Kennedy, Michael, "Portrait of Elgar" (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0193154145
*Young, Percy M., "Elgar O.M.", (London, Collins, 1955)

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