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==General Information==
==General Information==
<b>Title:</b> <i> Anacreon's Defeat</i><br>
<b>Title:</b> <i> Anacreon's Defeat</i><br>
<b>Composer:</b> [[Henry Purcell]]<br>
{{Composer|Henry Purcell}}
<b> Lyricist:</b> Unknown<br>
<b> Lyricist:</b> Unknown<br>


<b>Number of voices:</b> 1v &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> Soprano Solo<br>
<b>Number of voices:</b> 1v &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> Soprano Solo<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], {{Cat|songs|song}} <br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], {{pcat|Art song|s}} <br>
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{PnoAcc}}<br>
'''Instruments:''' {{PnoAcc}}<br>
<b>Published:</b><br>
<b>Published:</b><br>


<b>Description:</b>  
<b>Description:</b>  
*[http://artsongcentral.com/2008/purcell-anacreons-defeat/ Art Song Central resources for this work].
*[http://artsongcentral.com/2008/purcell-anacreons-defeat/ Art Song Central resources for this work].


<b>External websites: </b>
<b>External websites: </b>
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GqgQAAAAYAAJ Google Books PDF of "Six Purcell Songs" - (1901)]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=GqgQAAAAYAAJ Google Books PDF of "Six Purcell Songs" - (1901)]
   
   
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}
{{Text|English}}
:This poet sings the Trojan wars,
:This poet sings the Trojan wars,
:Another of the Theban jars,
:Another of the Theban jars,
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<b>''Lyrics: Unknown Author''</b>
<b>''Lyrics: Unknown Author''</b>
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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]

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General Information

Title: Anacreon's Defeat
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: Unknown

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published:

Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

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This poet sings the Trojan wars,
Another of the Theban jars,
In rattling numbers, verse that dares.


Whilst I, in soft and humble verse,
My own captivities rehearse;
I sing my own defeats, which are
Not the events of common war.


Not fleets at sea have vanquish’d me,
Nor brigadiers, nor cavalry,
Nor ranks and files of infantry.


No, Anacreon still defies
All your artillery companies
Save those encamp’d in killing eyes;
Each dart his mistress shoots, he dies.


Lyrics: Unknown Author