Sulamith : the song of songs : for soli, chorus and orchestra

Sulamith : the song of songs : for soli, chorus and orchestra

Author: Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885

Year: 1882

CONTENTS. No. 1. PRELUDE. — ORCHESTRA. No. 2. DUETT FOR SOPRANO AND TENOR. Tell me, O thou, whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon. No. 3. TENOR SOLO WITH MALE CHORUS. Behold, thou art fair, my love; thou hast dove's eyes. Thou art the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. No. 4. MIXED CHORUS. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. No. 5. SOPRANO SOLO. I rose to unlock for my beloved, with sweet fragrant myrrh perfumed the limbs: I longed for my beloved in the night, I waited in vain — and I fell asleep: — Hark! it knocketli, hark! the dearest voice sounds forth! "Oh! unlock, my love, my dearest sister! My tender dove, my angel undefiled! Tarry not, unlock my love, my angel, unlock! — Trembling for joy, breathless with rapture, enchanted by his voice, how beats my heart with pulses longing for coming pleasures! I haste, draw the bolt quickly back — an