Title Song on a Goldfinch Flying Out at the Window While a Lady was Playing (t) 
Short Title SS, Harvard 
Page 1 
Genre  SS 
Country 
Instruments  VO,KBF 
Incipit  //1+1+2+3+//54321//3451+2+3+//2+5//6541+71+//5431+ 
First Line Whilst to the distant vale I wing (fl) 
First Line-Recitative To Handel's pleasing notes as Chloe sung (fl-r) 
Verses
Stress Notes  153265 
Intervals  2,2,-6,-2,-2,-2,-2,3,2,2,4,2,2,-2,-5,2,-2,-2,5,-2,2,-4,-2,-2,6, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature 3/4 
Do
Number B29.1119 
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