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*''[[And in each track of glory, Z 333/5 (Henry Purcell)|And in each track of glory]]'' | *''[[And in each track of glory, Z 333/5 (Henry Purcell)|And in each track of glory]]'' | ||
*''[[Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323 (Henry Purcell)|Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323]]'' | *''[[Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323 (Henry Purcell)|Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323]]'' | ||
*''[[If | *''[[If music be the food of love, Z 379 (Henry Purcell)|If Musick be the food of Love]]'' | ||
*''[[For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd (Henry Purcell)|For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd]]'' | *''[[For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd (Henry Purcell)|For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd]]'' | ||
*''[[Hark! The ecchoing air a triumph sings (Henry Purcell)|Hark! The ecchoing air a triumph sings]]'' | *''[[Hark! The ecchoing air a triumph sings (Henry Purcell)|Hark! The ecchoing air a triumph sings]]'' | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 21 November 2014
General Information
Title: A Collection of all the Choicest SONGS for One, Two and Three Voices Compos'd By Mr. Henry Purcell
Composer: Henry Purcell
Published: 1698 and 1702
Description:
Orpheus Britannicus is a collection of songs by Henry Purcell, published posthumously in London in two volumes, the first in 1698 and the second in 1702.
The first publication of a section of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was the air "Ah! Belinda" in Orpheus Britannicus, transposed up one step, from C to D.
Benjamin Britten, working with Peter Pears, realized and edited a number of songs from Orpheus Britannicus for both solo singer with piano and solo singer with orchestra.
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