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Alto,
Two Treble Recorders,
AND
A THROUGH-BASS
Copyright William F. Long, MMVIII
Alto
Recorders
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"Strike the Viol" is from the ode Come ye Sons of Art. It is on page 145 of Book I of Orpheus
Britannicus.
Unlike the more familiar version of "Strike the Viol", the arrangement in Orpheus is for soprano rather
than countertenor and includes no obligato recorders. Here I've transposed the piece down a 7th from
cminor, its key in Orpheus, to dminor, the key employed in Come ye Sons of Art. I've also added the
original recorder parts. If no recorder players are available, the song can be perfectly well performed
with just the continuo accompaniment, as it is presented in Orpheus.
Like so many of the songs in Orpheus, the bass is unfigured in "Strike the Viol".
Alto
Recorder 1
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Countertenor
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recorders
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