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Alto
Tenor
Bass
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In
plea - sant
In
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In
Groves,
Groves,
plea - sant
Groves,
plea - sant
Groves,
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plea - sant
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Groves,
plea - sant
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plea - sant
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Ce - le - brate, let us
Ce - le - brate, let us
Ce - le - brate, let us
plea - sant
Ce - le - brate our
Loves;
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Groves,
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plea - sant
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plea - sant
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plea - sant
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plea - sant
Groves,
Groves,
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Groves,
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Hpsi.
Loves;
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let's
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Dance,
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Laugh,
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and
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Sing;
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thing,
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thus
thing,
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thing,
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"In these delightful pleasant Groves" is one of the last madrigals in the English tradition. It was originally part of
the incidental music for Thomas Shadwell's The Libertine. This version is found on page 244 of Book I of
Orpheus Britannicus.
The Orpheus version differs slightly from most modern editions of the song. In measure 6, for example, the
soprano part of the Orpheus version goes up to an F natural, not an F sharp. And as with so many consort and
vocal pieces of that era, the Orpheus arrangement ends with an open 5th, not a triad. No sections of the song are
repeated in the Orpheus version.
This edition generally eschews the pretifications of later editions. The exception is in measure 25, where the
Orpheus version has an Eb in the tenor part which is just wrong and has duly been replaced by a D.
The Orpheus Britannicus score includes no indication that the bass part is to be used as a continuo, but since the
frontispiece of the original edition promises "A THORUGH-BASS to each SONG", a harpsichord realization has
been added here. Clearly the harpsichord part is optional, but its presence increases the number of performance
possibilities.
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In
plea - sant
In
plea - sant
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b
In
b
b
Groves,
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b
Groves,
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Groves,
let us
Love;
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b
Love;
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in
Groves,
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in
these de-light-ful
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J J
J J
plea - sant
Groves,
Ce - le - brate, let us
Ce - le - brate our
Ce - le - brate, let us
Groves,
plea - sant
let us
Groves,
Ce - le - brate, let us
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plea - sant
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Love;
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Loves;
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Loves;
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Laugh,
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let's
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Laugh,
Laugh,
Laugh,
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Dance,
Dance,
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hap - py
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let's
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Laugh
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Dance,
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let's
let's
let's
Ce - le - brate, let us
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let us
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Dance, Dance
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and
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Laugh and
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Sing;
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thing, Re
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thus,
Sing;
Laugh and
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b
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Spring;
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Spring.
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Spring.
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Spring.
Soprano
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In
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Groves,
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plea - sant
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Laugh,
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Laugh
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Laugh,
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Loves;
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b
&b
17
plea - sant
Groves,
11
Loves;
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Spring.
William Long, 2010
Reproduction for non-commercial uses permitted.
Alto
b
&b
b
&b
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&b
21
b
b
plea - sant
in
Groves,
hap - py hap - py
Dance, Dance
b
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Ce - le-brate, let us
and
b
& b #
b
b
&
in
let's
these de-light-ful
Ce - le-brate, let us
plea - sant
Groves,
plea - sant
Ce - le-brate our
Sing;
hap-py, hap-py
in
Re
Spring;
Pipe and
Laugh,
Ce - le - brate, let us
Dance,
Re
#
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thus
Ce - le-brate our
let's
Laugh
thus,
Pipe,
Laugh,
thing,
41
in
in
let us
Loves;
Groves,
j j j j j j
Laugh and
46
plea - sant
31
36
let us
Love;
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b
&
Groves,
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j
j j j
In
b
b
&
Henry Purcell
Pipe,
Pipe and
thus
vel
vel
Spring.
William Long, 2010
Reproduction for non-commercial uses permitted.
Tenor
In
Groves,
plea - sant
Groves,
in
J J J J J J
b
Vb
J J J J J
J
Loves;
17
Groves,
22
bb
in
b
Vb
Laugh,
thus
Laugh
b
b
V
40
b
b
V
46
in
plea - sant
Groves,
34
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the
cheer - ful
plea - sant
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hap - py
and
hap - py
Laugh,
in
plea - sant
b
Vb
28
Loves;
b
b
V
11
Henry Purcell
thus,
vel
Spring.
William Long, 2010
Reproduction for non-commercial uses permitted.
Bass
? b
b
? b
b
? b
b
Loves;
plea - sant
Groves,
in
in
plea - sant
Groves,
in
Loves;
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Laugh,
34
thus
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b
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b
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in
Laugh
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J
40
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the
cheer - ful
Spring;
Re
Rev
thus,
Laugh,
hap - py hap - py
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b
28
plea - sant
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b
22
plea - sant
J J
J J
J J
Groves,
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b
17
let us Ce - le - brate, let us Ce - le - brate, let us Ce - le - brate our hap - py, hap - py
11
J J
J # J J
J
In
Groves,
Henry Purcell
vel
Spring.
William Long, 2010
Reproduction for non-commercial uses permitted.
Harpsichord
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