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"Lay a garland" is a popular English madrigal composition in E major. It was written by Robert Lucas de Pearsall on 4 June 1840 and is scored for two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses or as it is more commonly written SSAATTBB. The piece is based on a poem from the play a ''The Maid's Tragedy'' written in 1608-11. It has been recorded by many choirs. In 1854, Pearsall produced a contrafactum of Lay a Garland, to the Latin text Tu es Petrus, dedicating it to the first bishop of St Gallen, John Peter. This is more often performed by choirs in a liturgical setting, as the original words for the music are more appropriate to a secular occasion. ==Words== The text is taken from the song in Beaumont and Fletcher's play ''The Maid's Tragedy'' Act II, Scene I. The song is sung by Aspasia where her betrothed is forced into a marriage of convenience to the king's mistress. The words original words are as follows:
However Pearsall's music is set to these adapted words changed from first to third person〔〔
:I: These words were present in the original poem by Beaumont and Fletcher but omitted in the composition :II: Word was added to the into the composition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lay a garland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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