Sweeter Than Roses has a lovely love text, and is a gorgeous song. And Hark the Echoing Air I thing would also be great for a wedding, if you can bring the runs off on short notice. (Hark the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings, And All Around Sweet Cupids Clap Their Wings)
Jocelyn Gooch wrote: > > Hi listers! > > I've been asked to sing for a Renaissance style wedding. I have picked out a > number of songs, but the more I look at them the more I feel they are > inappropriate to sing while the bride, dressed in her Renaissance wedding > garb, walks down the aisle to her husband-to-be. So many songs of the era > are double entendres or just too sad, or whatever. > > I finally broke down and ordered "30 Songs" vol. 1 by Henry Purcell. It is > advertised as having history and performance notes. I am looking forward to > its arrival on Tuesday, but the wedding is on FRIDAY! I'm TOAST! Does anyone > have this book, and have some recommendations? > > The time off of worrying about the music will give me time to finish my > dress. I'll be a moss green Renaissance monolith, but honored to be singing > for her. (Her first choice for a wedding was just herself and fiance, best > man, minister and me.) I believe her fiance is a self-described "Ren Faire > Freak." The more I have learned about him, the more I wanted the song to be > perfect. This is going to be SO much fun all decked out in costume! I > haven't been to the Renaissance faire in a hundred years, and now I'll have > a costume! I'm just glad the accompanist is incredible and that I can learn > quickly. So much for advance preparation! > > Thanks in advance, > > Jocelyn Thulin-Gooch > Lyric Soprano > Alameda, California > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > >
-- Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA "Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile" mailto:peggyh@i...
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