What if a Day, Or a Month, Or a Year? - Peter Kun Frary
Автор: Peter Frary
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English poet and musician Thomas Campion (1557-1620) wrote the lyrics of “What if a day, a month, or a year?” He penned this poem during the late Renaissance, the time of Shakespeare and the King James Bible. He was an accomplished lutenist and composer, so he may have wrote the music as well, albeit the composer of the music is often listed as unknown (anonymous) or sometimes even attributed to John Dowland or Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Whomever the author, it was certainly was a popular song during its day, appearing as solo songs (voice and lute), part songs, instrumental ensembles, and solos for lute or harpsichord. My arrangement is based on a lute solo found in Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book (c. 1616), a collection of beloved pieces Ms. Pickeringe notated by hand during the early 17th century.
Performed on a Hirade TH8SS classical guitar.
The lengthy lyrics are a philosophical musing on time, fortune, and the brevity of human existence, suggesting that all earthly pleasures and pains are temporary. Here's the lyrics for the first verse:
What if a day, or a month, or a yeare
Crown thy delights with a thousand sweet contentings?
Cannot a chance of a night or an howre
Crosse thy desires with as many sad tormentings?
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