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Wikipedia article




'"Is she not passing fair?"' is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar.

It was completed on 28 October 1886Percy Young: Elgar O.M. but not published until 1908, by Boosey & Co.

It is described as a "Lay", written by Charles, Duke of Orlans (1391-1466) and translated [from the French] by Louisa Stuart Costello.

Lyrics



IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?

:Is she not passing fair,

::She whom I love so well ?

:On earth, in sea, or air,

::Where may her equal dwell ?

:Oh! tell me, ye who dare

::To brave her beauty's spell,

:Is she not passing fair,

::She whom I love so well ?



:Whether she speak or sing,

::Be jocund or serene,

:Alike in ev'rything,

::Is she not beauty's queen ?

:Then let the world declare,

::Let all who see her tell,

:That she is passing fair,

::She whom I love so well !

Recordings



*[http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Works-Songs-Piano-Music-By-Edward-Elgar-MP3-Download/11044195.html Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar] has "Is she not passing fair?" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).

*[http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/02/somm220.htm The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220] Neil Mackie (tenor) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References



*Kennedy, Michael, 'Portrait of Elgar' (Oxford University Press, 1968)

*Young, Percy M., 'Elgar O.M.', (London, Collins, 1955)


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