Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone (Thomas Arne)

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• (Posted 2021-10-04)  CPDL #66074: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-10-04).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 249 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

• (Posted 2017-08-12)  CPDL #45862:   

Editor: Frank de Ruyter (submitted 2017-08-12).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 73 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2009-08-08)  CPDL #19937:  PDF, MIDI, Capella and XML files available

Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-08-08).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany

Edition notes: Edition by ear.

General Information

Title: Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: John Cunningham

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: ATTB or TTBB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1771 Warren's eighth collection
Description:  Cunningham's elegy was to William Shenstone, poet and pioneer practitioner of landscape gardening.

External websites:

• Wikipedia article (German)

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone.