Title  
Short Title Recruiting Serj, 1770 
Page 18-24 
Genre  TW 
Country 
Instruments  VO,VN,VA,BF 
Incipit  //1351+/567-2//17-1/5-//6-146/5-5- 
First Line Oh could you bear, oh could you (fl) 
First Line-Recitative Then won't you go and let a body be (fl-r) 
Burden Text Nothing but my tears (bt) 
Stress Notes  151565 
Intervals  3,3,4,-4,2,-7,3,-2,-2,2,-4,2,3,4,3,-9, 
Key Signature Bb,EUb 
Time Signature
Do Bb 
Date [1770] 
Number H15.9 
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