Begin and strike the harmonious lyre
- DMI number:
- 6618
- First Line:
- Begin and strike the harmonious lyre
- Last Line:
- To her that tunes our strings and still inspires our song
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ode
- Themes:
- Music
- Composer:
- Daniel Purcell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ODNB: Purcell's early music includes 'an ode for Oxford's St Cecilia's day celebrations in 1693, Begin and Strike th'Harmonious Lyre'.
- Author:
- Thomas Yalden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) XI: 71.
- First Line:
- Begin and strike the harmonious lyre
- Last Line:
- To atone for all the discords of the year
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The annual miscellany for the year 1694, being the fourth part of miscellany poems [N34956]
- Page No(s):
- pp.89-92
- Poem Title:
- An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1693
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Tho. Yalden and Composed by Mr. Daniel Purcell.
- Attributed To:
- Daniel PurcellThomas Yalden
- Title:
- The fourth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- An Ode, for St. Cecilia's Day, 1693.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Tho. Yalden, and Composed by Mr. Daniel Purcell.
- Attributed To:
- Daniel PurcellThomas Yalden
- Title:
- The fourth part of miscellany poems [N64834]
- Page No(s):
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- An Ode, for St. Cecilia's Day, 1693.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Tho. Yalden and Composed by Mr. Daniel Purcell.
- Attributed To:
- Daniel PurcellThomas Yalden
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