Henry Purcell :: Orpheus Britannicus: Six Songs (arr. Britten)


 

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Purcell, Henry
1659-1695
(b ?Westminster, London, ?10 Sept 1659; d Westminster, London, 21 Nov 1695). English
Orpheus Britannicus: Six Songs (arr. Britten)
solo soprano
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Realized & orchd by Benjamin Britten (1946).
Solo voice in all mvts with varying instrumentation as noted for each song.

Source of text: Nahum Tate (1 & 5a), John Dryden & Sir Robert Howard (2), Thomas D'Urfey (3), Nicholas Brady (4), Thomas Betterton & John Dryden (5b). Language: English
1. Let sullen discord smile (str)
2. Why should men quarrel? (2fl, str[no db])
3. So when the glittering queen of the night (str)
4. Thou tun's this world (2ob, bn, str)
5a. 'Tis holiday (str)
5b. Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet (tp, str)