Harpsonnets - Bassi, James

for SATB and harp Settings of four Shakespeare sonnets that offer great contrasts in tone and mood. Each poem centres on the object of the poets love in a different aspect: as the beloved one, the desired one, the one missed, the one longed for, and the one celebrated.

Contents

• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
• How like a winter hath my absence been
• How oft when thou, my music, music playst
• Devouring time, blunt thou the lions paws