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Fifteen songs and airs

Henry Purcell ; edited by Gerald M. Cooper

(Master vocal series)

Masters Music Pub., [19--]

For contralto of baritone

Printed Music(Accompaniment Reduced for Keyboard)

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15 songs and airs

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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 -- Vocal music. Selections

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Excerpts from operas and incidental music

Acc. arr. for piano

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Contents of Works
  • "Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment" (Dido and Aeneas)
  • Dido's farewell: "When I am laid in earth" (Dido and Aeneas)
  • Mystery's song: "I am come to lock all fast" (The fairy queen)
  • "When I have often heard young maids complaining" (The fairy queen)
  • Epithalamium: "Thrice happy lovers" (The fairy queen)
  • The plaint:" Oh! let me for ever weep" (The fairy queen)
  • "Hark! How all things with one sound rejoice" (The fairy queen)
  • Venus's song: "Fairest isle, all isles excelling" (King Arthur)
  • "I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain" (The Indian queen)
  • Amphitrite's song: "Halcyon days, now wars are over" (The tempest)
  • Bonvica's song: "Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom" (Bonduca)
  • Altisidora's song: "From rosy bow'rs" (Don Quixote)
  • "Retir'd from any mortal's sight" (King Richard the Second)
  • "Thus to a ripe consenting maid" (The old bachelor)
  • "Sweeter than roses" (Pausanias)
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