Dear love, be not unkind (Richard Dering)

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• (Posted 2020-02-29)  CPDL #57279:       

Editor: Tim Robson (submitted 2020-02-29).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 35 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Dear love, be not unkind
Composer: Richard Dering
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Canzonetta

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1620 in Canzonette a quattro voci, no. 21
Description: An English translation of Dering's canzonetta 'Ardenti miei sospiri e dolorosi'.

Original text and translations

English text

Dear love, be not unkind to thy beloved,
Who lies adying; Hear my mournful crying.
Revive me with a kiss; O be thou moved.