My True-Love Hath My Heart
The commissioners and their designated performers have exclusive performing rights until July 2, 2026, and exclusive commercial recording rights until July 2, 2027.
DURATION
4'
YEAR COMPOSED
2024
POET
Sir Philip Sidney
COMMISSIONER
Commissioned by Theodore Nicholas Foss and Kent Smith Dymak to celebrate their fifty years together.
ORDERING SCORES
Inkjar Publishing Company
Available after July 2, 2026.
TEXT
By Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
My true-love hath my heart and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.