The Chimes of Zurich (Charles Edward Horn)

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• (Posted 2023-10-30)  CPDL #76793:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-30).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 358 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Chimes of Zurich
Composer: Charles Edward Horn
Lyricist: Harry Stoe Van Dyk
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1848 Wilkins, Carter & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The sun his parting ray had cast
O’er verdant hills and dells,
And o’er the lake sweet music passed
From Zurich’s evening bells;
Wild birds were singing,
Flowerets were springing,
Sweet chimes were ringing,
I hear them yet;
Wild birds were singing,
Flowerets were springing,
Sweet chimes were ringing,
I can ne’er forget;
Sweet evening chimes,
I can ne’er forget.

The chimes of eve were on the wave,
And twilight’s fairy dells,
Whilst echo answered from her cave,
The distant evening bells;
Wild birds were singing,
Flowerets were springing,
Sweet chimes were ringing,
I hear them yet;
Wild birds were singing,
Flowerets were springing,
Sweet chimes were ringing,
I can ne’er forget;
Sweet evening chimes,
I can ne’er forget.