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*''[[Here the deities approve, Z 339/3 (Henry Purcell)|Here the deities approve]]'' | *''[[Here the deities approve, Z 339/3 (Henry Purcell)|Here the deities approve]]'' | ||
*''[[Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1 (Henry Purcell)|Nymphs and Shepherds come away]]'' | *''[[Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1 (Henry Purcell)|Nymphs and Shepherds come away]]'' | ||
*''[[Shepherd, leave decoying (Henry Purcell)|Shepherd, leave decoying]]'' | *''[[Shepherd, leave decoying, Z 628/16 (Henry Purcell)|Shepherd, leave decoying]]'' | ||
*''[[Thou tun'st this World below (Henry Purcell)|Thou tun'st this World below]]'' | *''[[Thou tun'st this World below (Henry Purcell)|Thou tun'st this World below]]'' | ||
*''[[What can we poor Females do (Henry Purcell)|What can we poor Females do]]'' | *''[[What can we poor Females do (Henry Purcell)|What can we poor Females do]]'' | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 22 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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