X:1
T:Stella darling of the Muses
M:3/8
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The
B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 208, p. 250)
F:
https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/stella_darling_of_the_muses.pdf
N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
K:G
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STELLA DARLING OF THE MUSES. English, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD.
"Stella Darling of the Muses" was a mid-18th century song that was printed in a few period songsters, such as George Bickham's Musical Entertainer vol. 1 (1740, p. 67), John Simpson's Caliope: or, English Harmony, vol. 1 (1746, p. 31), and Ritson'sSelect Collection of English Songs(1783). The melody was also included in 18th century instrumental tutors for woodwind instruments.
The first two stanzas of the song go:
Stella, darling of the Muses,
Fairer than the blooming spring,O,
Sweetest theme the poet chuses,
When of thee he strives to sing, O.
Whilst my soul with wonder traces
All thy charms of face and mind, O,
All the beauties, all the graces,
Of thy sex in thee I find, O.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Johnson (The Compleat Tutor for the Hautboy), London, 1750; p. 15. John Johnson (The Compleat Tutor for the German Flute), London, 1760; p. 14. John Simpson (The Compleat Tutor for the Flute), London, 1745); p. 45. David Young (A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations, AKA - The McFarlane Manuscript), c. 1741; No. 208, p. 250.
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