Welcome, every guest (Anonymous, set by J. Blow) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Welcome, every guest,
Welcome to the Muses' feast: 
Music is your only cheer,
Music entertains the ear:
Welcome, every guest. 
Welcome to the Muses' feast.

The sacred Nine, observe!
Observe the mode, 
And bring your dainties from abroad:
The delicious Thracian lute,
And Dodona's mellow flute,
With Cremona's racy fruit:

At home you have the freshest air;
Vocal, instrumental fare. 
Our English trumpet nothing has surpassed.

Welcome, every guest! . . .

Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

John Blow (1649-1708)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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