Let us, my Lesbia, live and love (John Stafford Smith)
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- CPDL #24187: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2011-08-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 41 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Let us, my Lesbia, live and love
Composer: John Stafford Smith
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c. 1805
Description: 3 part glee to an anonymous poem translated from Catullus. Probably intended for ATB male voices.
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Original text and translations
English text Let us, my Lesbia live and love, Spanish text Translation in verse by Cristóbal de Castillejo (1495-1550) Dame, Amor, besos sin cuento, |
Latin text The original poem from which the above translation derives. By Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC – ca. 54 BC) in hendecasyllabic verse. Vivamus mea Lesbia, atque amemus, |