Orpheus Britannicus (Henry Purcell)
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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.
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Works available on CPDL
- 1698, p006 If Musick be the food of Love
- 1698, p045 For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd
- 1698, p208 And in each track of glory
- 1698, p227 Here the deities approve
- 1702, p018 Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings
- 1702, p046 What can we poor Females do?
- 1706, p234 Nymphs and Shepherds come away
- 1706, p236 Shepherd, leave decoying
- 1706, p256 Thou tun'st this World below
Works at CPDL
Title | Year | Page | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
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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 |