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17th-century hymns (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "17th-century songs" ... Pages in category "17th-century songs" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "17th-century English poets" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Song of Armouris (Byzantine, acritic song) Borzu Nama, ascribed to 'Amid Abu'l 'Ala' 'Ata b. Yaqub Kateb Razi (Persian epic with a main character and a poetic style related to the "Shahnameh") Faramarz Nama (Persian epic with a main character and a poetic style related to the "Shahnameh") Mushika-vamsha (Sanskrit) by Atula; The Song of Roland
Lyrical poetry was the dominant form of 17th century English poetry from John Donne to Andrew Marvell. [15] The poems of this period were short. Rarely narrative, they tended towards intense expression. [15]
Other English art song composers in the 17th century William Byrd (1543–1623), composed "consort songs" with viol consort accompaniment, 1588 collection of Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs Thomas Morley (1557–1603), his songs may have been used in Shakespeare's plays, well-known song "It was a Lover and his Lass" from his First Book of Ayres , 1607
The Dawning of the Day" – 19th-century song also known as "Fáinne Geal an Lae " " Éamonn an Chnoic" (transl. Eamon of the Hill) – about an Irish aristocrat dispossessed of his land by the English in the 17th century. "Donegal Danny" - about an Irish sailor who tells the tale of a fishing boat disaster in which he was the sole survivor.
Fairest Isle" is one of the best-regarded songs by the 17th-century English composer Henry Purcell, a setting of words by John Dryden. It first appeared as a soprano solo in their semi-opera King Arthur (1691), where it is sung by the goddess Venus in praise of the island of Britain as the home of Love. It has since frequently been performed ...
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