Listen to Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 38, Let Me Awhile Defer My Fate by Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

Jephtha, Pt. 2: No. 38, Let Me Awhile Defer My Fate

Mary Bevan, Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mary Bevan

Soprano

Early Opera Company

Early Opera Company

Ensemble

Christian Curnyn

Christian Curnyn

Conductor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Maurice Greene

Composer

John Hoadly

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer

Alexander James

Alexander James

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

"Let me awhile defer my Fate,

And to the Mountains fly:

There to bewail my Virgin State,

And then return, and die."

Written by: John Hoadly, Maurice Greene

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