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*''[[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, Z 628/16 (Henry Purcell)|Shepherd, leave decoying]]'' | *''[[Shepherd, leave decoying, Z 628/16 (Henry Purcell)|Shepherd, leave decoying]]'' | ||
*''[[Thou tun'st this world below, Z | *''[[Thou tun'st this world below, Z 328/6 (Henry Purcell)|Thou tun'st this World below]]'' | ||
*''[[What can we poor females do? Z 429 (Henry Purcell)|What can we poor Females do?]]'' | *''[[What can we poor females do? Z 429 (Henry Purcell)|What can we poor Females do?]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 17:37, 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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