Composer
Henry Purcell
1659–1695
1,644 works in the index
- Era
- Baroque
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Born in
- Westminster
Purcell is the last great English composer before the twentieth century and wrote for a world of theatre music, court odes and church anthems that no longer exists, which makes the practical repertoire smaller than the catalogue suggests.
What singers actually use are the songs and the Dido and Aeneas arias, and 'When I am laid in earth' is one of the most-performed pieces in this index. Keyboard players have the harpsichord suites and the grounds, several of which are accessible early. Choirs have the anthems and the funeral music.
His notation leaves ornaments and continuo to convention even more than his continental contemporaries, so editions differ substantially. For the songs in particular, a realised edition with a written-out keyboard part is worth having unless you are able to play from a figured bass.
Catalogue
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Two Trumpet Tunes and Ayre: Tune One
OWL IS ABROAD, THE
Hither, This Way
See, See, We Assemble
To Woden Thanks We Render
Ye Blust'ring Brethren
1. Dance
The Golden Sonata - Score
Three Tunes from Musicks Hand-Maid - Score
Chaconne from King Arthur - Tuba 2
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day - Trumpet 2
Rondeau from "Adbelazar" - Clarinet 1 in B-flat
Harm's Our Delight
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"
Song, Z 413 "She Loves and she Confesses too"
Grief Increases
Triumphing Dance
Witches' Dance
Thy Hand, Belinda
Bonduca - A tragedy
The Catch Club or Merry Companions, being a Choice Collection of the most Diverting Catches for Three and Four Voices. Compos
Fantasia in B flat
Old Hundredth
Pavane and Chaconne in G minor
Verse Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z.49
Five sacred choruses
10 Sonatas in Four Parts, Z.802-811
Trumpet Tune: Recorde
Dioclesian
The Summer's Absence Unconcern'd We Bear
Welcome, Vicegerent Of The Mighty King
What Shall Be Done In Behalf Of The Man
Your Awful Voice
More Love And More Disdain
Since From My Dear
Silvia, No Your Scorn
Bess Of Bedlam
7. Recitative: See Your Royal Guest
8. Chorus: Cupid Only
13. Prelude for the Witches
The Father Of An Infinite
O Be Joyful (Jubilate Deo) Purcell
Now is the month of Maying
Blow Ye the Trumpet
Oh! Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom (Bonduca)
Oh! Let Me For Ever Weep (The Fairy Queen)
Hail To The Myrtle Shade (Theodosius)
Here Let My Life (If Ever I More Riches Did Desire)
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