In the latest ABRSM Songbook for Grade 3, page 11, the song "Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love", Z. 353 by Henry Purcell:
Between bars 8 and 9, there are double barlines.
They come right after the phrase:
Ev'ry moment does improve
and before
Joys surprising now I meet
What do they mean? I didn't care about them at first, as the accompaniment CD track ignores them.
Then I found an album of Henry Purcell's secular solo songs, featuring Barbara Bonney. She sings the first eight bars twice, with a slight flourish/ornament the second time in the first bar. Seems like she is treating the double barlines as a sign of D.C. Is that what it is?
Has anyone sung/taught this song before? How do you treat the double barlines?
Full Version: Ah! How Pleasant 'tis To Love
QUOTE(teoani @ Oct 30 2008, 12:51 PM) 
In the latest ABRSM Songbook for Grade 3, page 11, the song "Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love", Z. 353 by Henry Purcell:
Between bars 8 and 9, there are double barlines.
They come right after the phrase:
Ev'ry moment does improve
and before
Joys surprising now I meet
What do they mean? I didn't care about them at first, as the accompaniment CD track ignores them.
Then I found an album of Henry Purcell's secular solo songs, featuring Barbara Bonney. She sings the first eight bars twice, with a slight flourish/ornament the second time in the first bar. Seems like she is treating the double barlines as a sign of D.C. Is that what it is?
Has anyone sung/taught this song before? How do you treat the double barlines?
I've taught it quite a few times but from the old ABRSM Art of Song book. We just sing it straight through, 1st verse 2nd verse. I suppose if you have someone who is able to pull some lovely ornaments then I would put them in. I have in the past added one at the end on 'charming'. A lovely song, and a popular choice where I teach.
QUOTE(teoani @ Oct 30 2008, 01:51 PM)
In the latest ABRSM Songbook for Grade 3, page 11, the song "Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love", Z. 353 by Henry Purcell:
Between bars 8 and 9, there are double barlines.
They come right after the phrase:
Ev'ry moment does improve
and before
Joys surprising now I meet
What do they mean? I didn't care about them at first, as the accompaniment CD track ignores them.
Then I found an album of Henry Purcell's secular solo songs, featuring Barbara Bonney. She sings the first eight bars twice, with a slight flourish/ornament the second time in the first bar. Seems like she is treating the double barlines as a sign of D.C. Is that what it is?
Has anyone sung/taught this song before? How do you treat the double barlines?
I don't know this song, but in Purcell's time the double bar line was used to indicate the end of an important section or self-contained sub-section of a piece. It is not an instruction to repeat.
Thanks both, I think I will just sing it straight through without repeats.
I've taught it quite a few times but from the old ABRSM Art of Song book. We just sing it straight through, 1st verse 2nd verse. I suppose if you have someone who is able to pull some lovely ornaments then I would put them in. I have in the past added one at the end on 'charming'. A lovely song, and a popular choice where I teach.
Art of Song book... you mean the one published by Edition Peters? Do they still include this song in the newer editions? What key was it in? Mine is in A major, though it is noted to be originally C major. I find A really high, so if there are lower keys, maybe I will buy the book to save myself from transposing.
For the ornament on "charming", did you add a short trill or a lower mordent? I am trying both casually just for fun, but I probably will not add any, since I am currently still too green to sing ornaments.
QUOTE(kh123 @ Oct 31 2008, 12:58 AM)
I've taught it quite a few times but from the old ABRSM Art of Song book. We just sing it straight through, 1st verse 2nd verse. I suppose if you have someone who is able to pull some lovely ornaments then I would put them in. I have in the past added one at the end on 'charming'. A lovely song, and a popular choice where I teach.
Art of Song book... you mean the one published by Edition Peters? Do they still include this song in the newer editions? What key was it in? Mine is in A major, though it is noted to be originally C major. I find A really high, so if there are lower keys, maybe I will buy the book to save myself from transposing.
For the ornament on "charming", did you add a short trill or a lower mordent? I am trying both casually just for fun, but I probably will not add any, since I am currently still too green to sing ornaments.
QUOTE(teoani @ Oct 31 2008, 06:21 PM)
Thanks both, I think I will just sing it straight through without repeats.
QUOTE(kh123 @ Oct 31 2008, 12:58 AM)
I've taught it quite a few times but from the old ABRSM Art of Song book. We just sing it straight through, 1st verse 2nd verse. I suppose if you have someone who is able to pull some lovely ornaments then I would put them in. I have in the past added one at the end on 'charming'. A lovely song, and a popular choice where I teach.
Art of Song book... you mean the one published by Edition Peters? Do they still include this song in the newer editions? What key was it in? Mine is in A major, though it is noted to be originally C major. I find A really high, so if there are lower keys, maybe I will buy the book to save myself from transposing.
For the ornament on "charming", did you add a short trill or a lower mordent? I am trying both casually just for fun, but I probably will not add any, since I am currently still too green to sing ornaments.
Without having my books in front of me I'm not sure of key but A rings a bell in the Art of song Medium voice. I have transposed it down for a couple of my students. The ornament I think was a mordent as not really much time to get a trill in and my kids too young to cope with that.
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