Lyrics from 'Told in the Gate' (Chadwick, George Whitefield)

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For Low Voice
Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1897. Plate A.P.S. 4173–83.
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Publisher. Info. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1897. Plate A.P.S. 4182.
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For High Voice
Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1897. Plate A.P.S. 4437, 4446.
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Work Title Lyrics from 'Told in the Gate'
Alternative. Title
Composer Chadwick, George Whitefield
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. F.242 ; L.7.71-82
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGC 43
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 songs
  1. Sweetheart, thy lips are touched with flame
  2. Sings the nightingale to the rose
  3. The rose leans over the pool
  4. Love's like a summer rose
  5. As in waves without number
  6. Dear love, when in thine arms I lie
  7. Was I not thine
  8. In mead where roses bloom
  9. Sister fairest, why are thou sighing?
  10. Oh, let night speak of me
  11. I said to the Wind of the South
  12. Were I a Prince Egyptian
First Publication. 1897 – Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt
Librettist Arlo Bates (1850-1918)
Language English
Dedication see listing
Nos.1, 7, 10: Max Heinrich
No.2: Mrs. James C. Little
No.3: Harriet P. Sawyer
No.4: Mrs. Halsey C. Ives
No.5: G. Campanari
No.6: I. M. C. (Ida May Chadwick)
No.8: "To Eoline"
No.9: Perry Averill
No.11: Gertrude Edmands
No.12: William Lincoln Cosby
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voice, Piano
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