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:'''Edition notes:''' Source Files are zipped - No PDF files available. The duets consist of 5 duets: <br>
::*Sound the trumpet
::*Lost is my quiet
::*What can we poor females do?
::*No, resistance is but vain
::*Shepherd, leve decoying
==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Duets from Orpheus Britannicus''<br>
'''Title:''' ''A Collection of all the Choicest SONGS for One, Two and Three Voices Compos'd By Mr. Henry Purcell''
'''Composer:''' [[Henry Purcell]]
 
'''Number of voices:''' 2vv '''Voicing:''' SS<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Aria|Aria]]<br>
'''Language:''' English<br>
'''Instruments: '''vocal and piano<br>
'''Published: '''
 
'''Description: '''Piano part arranged by Britten
 
'''External websites: http://www.manfredhoessl.de/html/solowerke.html
 
==Original text and translations==
 
 
{{Text|English}}
 
'''Sound the trumpet'''
 
:Sound the trumpet,
:sound the trumpet,
:Sound, sound,
:sound the trumpet till around
:you make the listening shores rebound
:you make the listening shores rebound
:the listening shores rebound.
 
 
:On the spritely Oboy,
:the spritely Oboy play
:all instruments of joy
:all, all, all,
:all the instruments of joy
:of joy, of joy,
:that skilful numbers can employ
:to celebrate, to celebrate
:the glories of this day,
:the glories, the glories of this day.
 
 
'''Lost is my quiet'''
 
:Lost is my quiet forever,
:Lost is my quiet forever,
:Lost forever, forever lost.
:Lost is my quiet forever.
 
 
:Ever lost is life's happiest part.
:Lost all, all, all my tender endeavours,
:to touch an insensible heart.
 


:But tho' my despair, is past curing
'''Composer:''' Henry Purcell<br>
:But tho' my despair, my despair is past curing,
{{PubDatePlace|1698||&nbsp;}} and 1702
:and much endeserv'd is my fate.


'''Description:'''


:I'll show by a patient enduring,
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.  
:My love, I'll show by a patient enduring
:My love is unmov'd, is as mov'd as her hate.


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.
{{WikipediaLink2|Orpheus Britannicus}}


::*What can we poor females do?
==Works available on CPDL==
::*No, resistance is but vain
::''[[Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323 (Henry Purcell)|Come, ye Sons of Art]]''
::*Shepherd, leve decoying
:1698, p. 6 ''[[If music be the food of love, Z 379 (Henry Purcell)|If Musick be the food of Love]]''
:1698, p. 45 ''[[For love ev'ry creature is form'd, Z 628/30a (Henry Purcell)|For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd]]''
:1698, p. 208 ''[[And in each track of glory, Z 333/5 (Henry Purcell)|And in each track of glory]]''
:1698, p. 227 ''[[Here the deities approve, Z 339/3 (Henry Purcell)|Here the deities approve]]''
:1702, p. 18 ''[[Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings, Z 629/48 (Henry Purcell)|Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings]]''
:1702, p. 46 ''[[What can we poor females do? Z 429 (Henry Purcell)|What can we poor Females do?]]''
:1706, p. 234 ''[[Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1 (Henry Purcell)|Nymphs and Shepherds come away]]''
:1706, p. 236 ''[[Shepherd, leave decoying, Z 628/16 (Henry Purcell)|Shepherd, leave decoying]]''
:1706, p. 256 ''[[Thou tun'st this world below, Z 328/6 (Henry Purcell)|Thou tun'st this World below]]''


==Works at CPDL==
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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Music publications]]
[[Category:Secular music]]
[[Category:Aria]]
[[Category:SS]]
[[Category:Baroque music]]

Revision as of 07:12, 14 June 2019

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
Publication date and place: 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.

The above is an excerpt from Wikipedia. For the full article, click here.

Works available on CPDL

Come, ye Sons of Art
1698, p. 6 If Musick be the food of Love
1698, p. 45 For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd
1698, p. 208 And in each track of glory
1698, p. 227 Here the deities approve
1702, p. 18 Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings
1702, p. 46 What can we poor Females do?
1706, p. 234 Nymphs and Shepherds come away
1706, p. 236 Shepherd, leave decoying
1706, p. 256 Thou tun'st this World below

Works at CPDL

Title Year Page Genre Subgenre Vo. Voices
And in each track of glory, Z 333/5 1690 208 Secular Arias 2 Solo SB
For love ev'ry creature is form'd, Z 628/30a 1691 45 Secular Arias 2 SB
Here the deities approve, Z 339/3 1683 227 Secular Arias 1 Solo Soprano
If music be the food of love, Z 379 1698 6 Secular Arias 1 Solo Soprano