<P> There were musical settings of Donne 's lyrics even during his lifetime . These included Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger ( `` So , so , leave off this last lamenting kisse '' in his 1609 Ayres ) ; John Cooper ( `` The Message '' ) ; Henry Lawes ( `` Break of Day '' ) ; `` John Dowland ( '' Break of Day '' and `` To ask for all thy love '' ) ; and settings of `` A Hymn to God the Father '' by John Hilton the younger and Pelham Humfrey ( 1688 ) . After the 17th century there were no more until the start of the 20th century with Havergal Brian ( `` A nocturnal on St Lucy 's Day '' , first performed in 1905 ) , Eleanor Everest Freer ( `` Break of Day , published in 1905 ) and Walford Davies ( '' The Cross `` , 1909 ) among the earliest . In 1945 , Benjamin Britten set nine of Donne 's Holy Sonnets in his song cycle for voice and piano The Holy Sonnets of John Donne . Lieder.net currently lists 162 settings of 62 texts by Donne . One not recorded there is a version of the song `` Go and Catch a Falling Star '' on John Renbourn 's debut album John Renbourn ( 1966 ) in which the last line is altered to `` False , ere I count one , two , three '' </P>
<P> There were musical settings of Donne 's lyrics even during his lifetime . These included Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger ( `` So , so , leave off this last lamenting kisse '' in his 1609 Ayres ) ; John Cooper ( `` The Message '' ) ; Henry Lawes ( `` Break of Day '' ) ; `` John Dowland ( '' Break of Day '' and `` To ask for all thy love '' ) ; and settings of `` A Hymn to God the Father '' by John Hilton the younger and Pelham Humfrey ( 1688 ) . After the 17th century there were no more until the start of the 20th century with Havergal Brian ( `` A nocturnal on St Lucy 's Day '' , first performed in 1905 ) , Eleanor Everest Freer ( `` Break of Day , published in 1905 ) and Walford Davies ( '' The Cross `` , 1909 ) among the earliest . In 1945 , Benjamin Britten set nine of Donne 's Holy Sonnets in his song cycle for voice and piano The Holy Sonnets of John Donne . Lieder.net currently lists 162 settings of 62 texts by Donne . One not recorded there is a version of the song `` Go and Catch a Falling Star '' on John Renbourn 's debut album John Renbourn ( 1966 ) in which the last line is altered to `` False , ere I count one , two , three '' </P>
go and catch a falling star publication date
go and catch a falling star publication date
1966
1966