Orpheus Britannicus (Henry Purcell)
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CPDL #11762: Finale Notepad Finale-2004
- Editor: Manfred Hößl (added 2006-05-22). Score information: A4, 20 pages, 225 kbytes (unzipped) Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Source Files are zipped - No PDF files available. The duets consist of 5 duets:
- Sound the trumpet
- Lost is my quiet
- What can we poor females do?
- No, resistance is but vain
- Shepherd, leve decoying
General Information
Title: Duets from Orpheus Britannicus
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: vocal and piano
Published:
Description: Piano part arranged by Britten
External websites: http://www.manfredhoessl.de/html/solowerke.html
Original text and translations
English text
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
- But tho' my despair, my despair is past curing,
- and much endeserv'd is my fate.
- I'll show by a patient enduring,
- My love, I'll show by a patient enduring
- My love is unmov'd, is as mov'd as her hate.
- What can we poor females do?
- No, resistance is but vain
- Shepherd, leve decoying