Description
Classic art song from 1877 by Arthur Sullivan, composed for his brother shortly before his death, sung by Caruso in 1912 at the Metropolitan Opera House as part of a benefit for victims of the Titanic disaster. This version features Paul Bezanson on vocals, and Suz Doyle on piano, strings, organ.
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Lost Chord Caruso Met Opera Art Song Classical Titanic poignant sad yearning
Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys. I know not what I was playing, Or what I was dreaming then; But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen.
It flooded the crimson twilight, Like the close of an angel's psalm, And it lay on my fevered spirit With a touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life.
It linked all perplexe´d meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence As if it were loth to cease. I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ, And entered into mine.
It may be that death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heav'n I shall hear that grand Amen.
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