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How sweet the answer
English source:
Thomas Moore
How sweet the answer Echo makes
To music at night;
When rous’d by the lute or horn, she wakes,
And far away, o’er lawns and lakes,
Goes answ’ring light.
Yet love hath echoes truer far,
And far more sweet,
Than e’er beneath the moonlight’s star,
Of horn, or lute, or soft guitar,
The songs repeat.
’Tis when the sigh, in youth sincere,
And only then
The sigh, that’s breath’d for one to hear,
Is by that one, that only dear,
Breath’d back again.
To music at night;
When rous’d by the lute or horn, she wakes,
And far away, o’er lawns and lakes,
Goes answ’ring light.
Yet love hath echoes truer far,
And far more sweet,
Than e’er beneath the moonlight’s star,
Of horn, or lute, or soft guitar,
The songs repeat.
’Tis when the sigh, in youth sincere,
And only then
The sigh, that’s breath’d for one to hear,
Is by that one, that only dear,
Breath’d back again.
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music,…
Poet
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer". He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Song at Wolfson: Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch (second performance) 10 Jun 2021
- Song at Wolfson: Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch (first performance) 10 Jun 2021
- Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch 06 Jun 2021
- Oxford Lieder at Rye Creative Centre: Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch 04 Jun 2021
- 17. Britten, Strauss and French Song: Lucy Crowe & Anna Tilbrook 12 Oct 2020