Lay a garland

Lay a garland

"Lay a garland" is a popular English madrigal composition in Emusic|flat major. It was written by Robert Lucas de Pearsall on 4 June 1840Cite book|title=Madrigals and Partsongs|isbn=0-19-343694-9|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=pp. 375|] and is scored for two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses or as it is more commonly written SSAATTBB. The piece is based on a poem from the the play a "The Maid's Tragedy" written in 1608-11. It has been recorded by many choirs including Cambridge Singers, [Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/English-Madrigals-Songs/dp/B000001446/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207039456&sr=1-8|title=Cambridge Singers - A Cappella|date= 2008-01-04|publisher=Amazon] Oxford Camerata [Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/English-Madrigals-Songs/dp/B000001446/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207039456&sr=1-8|title=English Madrigals and Songs CD|date= 2008-01-04|publisher=Amazon] and Coro [Cite web|url=http://www.dal-segno.com/DSPRCD600.html|title=The Lover's Ghost CD|date= 2008-01-04|publisher=Dal Segno Records] and also been performed by notable choirs, such as BYU Singers [Cite web|url=http://singers.byu.edu/repertoirecomposer.html|title=BYU Repertoire by Composer|date= 2008-01-04|publisher=BYU Singers] .

Words

The text is taken from the song in Beaumont and Fletcher's play "The Maid's Tragedy" Act II, Scene I. [Cite web|url=http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/pellison/BF/tragedy/a2s1.htm|title=The Maid's Tragedy, Act 2 Scene 1|date= 2008-03-31|publisher=Paul Ellison] . The song is sung by Aspasia where her betrothed is forced into a marriage of convenience to the king's mistress. The words original words are as follows:Cite web|url=http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Lay_a_garland_(Robert_Lucas_Pearsall)|title=Lay a Garland|date= 2008-03-31|publisher=CPDL]

Lay a garland on my hearse
of theref label|Removed|I| dismal yew.
Maidens, willow branches wear,
say I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
from my hour of birth.ref label|Removed|I|.
Upon my buried body lie
lightly, gentle earth.

However Pearsall's music is set to these adapted words changed from first to third person

Lay a garland on her hearse
of dismal yew.
Maidens, willow branches wear,
say she died true.
Her love was false, but she was firm
Upon her buried body lie
lightly, thouref label|Added|II| gentle earth.

:I: These words were present in the original poem by Beaumont and Fletcher but omitted in the composition:II: Word was added to the into the composition.

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