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Purcell Society Volume 20

Catalogue No: NOV151020
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Volume 20 of the ‘Purcell Society’ series, Dramatic Music Part 2 contains 16 pieces by Henry Purcell for intermediate/advanced (Grades 6-8) Voice(s), String Instruments and Continuo. The collectionincludes (among others) At The Close Of The Evening (The Knight Of Malta), If Thou Wilt Give Me Back My Love (A Fool's Preferment) and The Danger Is Over, The Battle Is Past (The Fatal Marriage). Editedunder the supervision of the Purcell Society by Ian Spink.

Henry Purcell was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell'slegacywas a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers.

The Purcell Society, founded in 1876, is an organization dedicated to making the complete musical works ofHenry Purcell available. Between 1876 and 1965, scores of all the known works of Purcell were published, in 32 volumes.


CONTENTS

  • At The Close Of The Evening (The Knight Of Malta)
  • Fled Is My Love, For Ever Gone (A Fool's Preferment)
  • I Look'd, And Saw Within The Book Of Fate (The Indian Emperor)
  • I Sigh'd And I Pin'd (A Fool's Preferment)
  • I Sigh'd, And Own'd My Love (The Fatal Marriage)
  • If Thou Wilt Give Me Back My Love (A Fool's Preferment)
  • I'll Mount To Yon Blue Coelum (A Fool's Preferment)
  • I'll Sail Upon The Dog-star (A Fool's Preferment)
  • In Vain 'Gainst Love I Strove (Henry The Second, King Of England)
  • Jenny, Gin You Can Love (A Fool's Preferment)
  • Love Thou Art Best Of Human Joys (The Female Virtuosos)
  • Retir'd From Mortal's Sight (The History Of King Richard The Second)
  • The Danger Is Over, The Battle Is Past (The Fatal Marriage)
  • The Gordian Knot Unty'd
  • There's Nothing So Fatal As Woman (A Fool's Preferment)
  • 'tis Death Alone Can Give Me Ease (A Fool's Preferment)
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Specifications

Composer
Henry Purcell
Arrangement
Opera Voice String Instruments
Series
Purcell Society Volume
Product Format
Sheet Music
Genre
Opera or Operetta
ISBN
9780853608271 (085360827X)