Gather Ye Rosebuds – tenor or baritone and piano

August 16, 2018

“Gather Ye Rosebuds” is the final song in the cycle, Men in Love.  The song, to the poem by Robert Herrick, warns men to find love when they are young.  However, Men in Love is a song cycle only in a very loose sense. It consists of ten songs related to men’s feelings about women as mistresses, lovers, wives, and objects of beauty. The cycle was originally written for baritone and piano, but in different keys they are suitable for tenor, as well. The texts are by ten different public domain authors and create no organized story. In fact, it is possible to sing only some of the songs and create “short stories” with those choices.

Here are the songs in the cycle Men in Love for tenor or baritone and piano [also orchestrated for baritone].

  1. O Mistress Mine – 2’30” (William Shakespeare)
  2. Go, Lovely Rose – 4’05” (Edmund Waller)
  3. The Passionate Shepherd – 2’40” (Christopher Marlowe)
  4. Venetian Air – 2’20” (Thomas Moore)
  5. My Love in her Attire – 1’40” (anonymous)
  6. Sleep On – 3’10” (Samuel Rogers)
  7. Send me some token – 3’35” (John Donne)
  8. Since there’s no hope – 2’40” (Michael Drayton)
  9. Jenny Kissed Me – 2’35” (Leigh Hunt)
  10. Gather Ye Rosebuds – 2’50” (Robert Herrick)

Moderate Difficulty

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To hear an excerpt of “Gather Ye Rosebuds” for tenor and piano click here.