THOU SOFT FLOWING AVON
A collection of 15 songsBy Thomas ArneEdited by Thomas Goleeke Contents:1. Go, lovely rose2. Thou soft flowing Avon3. Arise, sweet messenger (from Alfred)4. O spread thy green mantle (from May Day)5. The rover reclaimed6. To fair Fidele’s grassy tomb7. O peace, thou fairest (from Alfred)8. Sigh no more (from Much Ado About Nothing)9. The complaint10. The generous distressed11. Nymphs and shepherds (from Alfred)12. The owl (from Love’s Labor’s Lost)13. The soldier, tir’d of war’s alarms (from Artaxerxes)14. Behold me (from The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green)15. The serenade "Thomas Arne (1710-1778) is considered by some to be the most important English composer of the 18th century. Like his more famous contemporary Handel, Arne was destined by his father for a career in law, but also like Handel was able to convince his father that he was better suited to a life in music...This anthology comes from my conviction that Arne’s songs deserve a wider audience and that they are excellent teac