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SEPTIMNUS and ACME: A Dialogue Set by Dr. John Blow.
SYmphony.
〈♫〉〈♫〉
The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes.
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- The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes.
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- London :: Printed by J. Playford for Henry Playford and R.C. ...,
- 1685-1687.
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- Songs, English -- England.
- Songs with continuo.
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"The theater of music, or, A choice collection of the newest and best songs sung at the court and public theaters the words composed by the most ingenious wits of the age, and set to music by the greatest masters in that science : with a theorbo-bass to each song for the theorbo or bass-viol : also symphonies and retornels in 3 parts to several of them for the violins and flutes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54969.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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A. 2 Voc.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 WHilst on Sep—tim—ni—us's panting Breast, meaning nothing less than Rest; Acme lean'd her lo—ving Head, the pleas'd Septimnius thus said, the pleas'd Septimnius thus said:
〈♫〉〈♫〉 Hilst on Sep—tim—ni—us's panting Breast, meaning nothing less than Rest; Acme lean'd her lo—ving Head, the pleas'd Septimnius thus said, the pleas'd Septimnius thus said:
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Septimnius alone.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 MY dearest Ac—me! if I be once a—live, and love not thee, with a Passion far above all that e're was called Love; in a Ly—bian De—sert may I become some Lyon's Prey! let him, Acme, let him tear my Breast, when Acme is not there; let him, Acme, let him tear my Breast, when Acme is not there.
CHORUS. A. 3. Voc.
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THe God of Love stood by to hear him, the God of Love was always near him: Pleas'd and tickl'd with the
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Sound, sneez'd aloud, and all around; the little Loves that waited by, bow'd, and blest the Au—gu—ry.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 THe God of Love stood by to hear him, the God of Love was always near him: Pleas'd and tickl'd with the
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Sound, sneez'd aloud, and all around; the little Loves that waited by, bow'd, and blest the Au—gu—gy.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 THe God of Love stood by to hear him, the God of Love was always near him: Pleas'd and tickl'd with the
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Sound, sneez'd aloud, and all around; the little Loves that waited by, bow'd, and blest the Au—gu—ry.
VERSE. A. 2 Voc.
ACme enflam'd with what he said, rais'd her gentle bending Head; and her purple Mouth with
joy, stretching to the de-li-cious Boy; twice, and twice, could not suffice, she kiss'd his
drunken rolling Eyes; twice, and twice, could not suffice, she kiss'd his drunken rolling
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Eyes.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 ACme enflam'd with what he said, rais'd her gentle bending Head; and her purple Mouth with joy, stretching to the de-li-cious Boy; twice, and twice, could not suffice, she kiss'd his drunken rolling Eyes; twice, and twice, could not suffice, she kiss'd his drunken rolling
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Eyes.
Retornels.
Acme alone.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 MY lit—tle Life, my All, said she, so may we e—ver Servants be to this best God, and ne're re—tain our ha—ted Li—ber—ty again: So may thy Passion last for me, as I a Passion have for thee; greater and fiercer much then can be conceiv'd by thee a Man: It reigns not on—ly in my Heart, but runs like Life through ev'ry Part.
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CHORUS. A. 3 Voc.
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SHe spake, the God of Love, aloud, sneez'd again, and all the crowd of little
Loves that waited by, bow'd and blest the Au—gu—ry.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 SHe spake, the God of Love, aloud, sneez'd again, and all the crowd of little Loves that waited by, bow'd and blest the Au—gu—ry.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 SHe spake, the God of Love, aloud, sneez'd again, and all the crowd of lit—tle Loves that waited by, bow'd and blest the Au—gu—ry.