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Enforced by love and fear
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Enforced by love and fear by Robert Parsons — Lyrics
Enforced by love and fear,
to please and not offend
Within the words you willed me write,
A message must I send.
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About Enforced by love and fear
Robert Parsons’s Enforced by love and fear is a brief and poignant solo setting of an English text. The music is intimate and reflective, mirroring the sentiment of the words. A lone countertenor voice is required, lending a unique and personal quality to the performance. The composer captures the melancholy of the text, which speaks of a 'woeful errand' and a 'wretched man' tasked with writing a sorrowful message. This piece offers a moving exploration of emotional burden, conveyed through a single, expressive vocal line. It is a short, yet impactful, work suitable for recitals or focused vocal study.
