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*{{NoCo|I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z 20}}
*{{NoCo|I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z 20}}
*''I will give thanks unto the Lord, Z 21''
*''I will give thanks unto the Lord, Z 21''
*''I will love thee, O Lord, ZN 67''
*{{NoCo|I will love thee, Z 67}}''
*{{NoCo|I will sing unto the Lord, Z 22}}
*{{NoCo|I will sing unto the Lord, Z 22}}
*{{NoCo|In God's word will I rejoice}} an excerpt from ''Be merciful unto me, Z 4''
*{{NoCo|In God's word will I rejoice}} an excerpt from ''Be merciful unto me, Z 4''
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*''My heart is inditing, Z 30''
*''My heart is inditing, Z 30''
*{{NoCo|My song shall be alway, Z 31}}
*{{NoCo|My song shall be alway, Z 31}}
*''O consider my adversity , Z 32''
*''O consider my adversity, Z 32''
*{{NoCo|O give thanks unto the Lord, Z 33}}
*{{NoCo|O give thanks unto the Lord, Z 33}}
*{{NoCo|O God, the King of glory, Z 34}}
*{{NoCo|O God, the King of glory, Z 34}}
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*''O Lord, grant the King a long life, Z 38''
*''O Lord, grant the King a long life, Z 38''
*{{NoCo|O Lord, Our Governor, Z 39}}
*{{NoCo|O Lord, Our Governor, Z 39}}
*''O Lord, rebuke me not, Z 40''
*{{NoCo|O Lord, rebuke me not, Z 40}}
*''O Lord, Thou art my God, Z 41''
*''O Lord, Thou art my God, Z 41''
*''O praise God in his holiness, Z 42''
*''O praise God in his holiness, Z 42''
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*''Gloria Patri, Z 106'' – Canon 4 in 1 (c. 1680)
*''Gloria Patri, Z 106'' – Canon 4 in 1 (c. 1680)
*''Gloria Patri, Z 107'' – Canon 7 in 1 at the unison (Unknown)
*''Gloria Patri, Z 107'' – Canon 7 in 1 at the unison (Unknown)
*''Great God and just, Z 186'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Great God and just, Z 186}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Hear me, O Lord, the great support}}, Z 133
*{{NoCo|Hear me, O Lord, the great support}}, Z 133
*''Hosanna to the highest, Z 187'' (Unknown)
*''Hosanna to the highest, Z 187'' (Unknown)
*''How have I strayed, Z 188'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|How have I stray'd, Z 188}} (published 1688)
*''How long, great God?, Z 189'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|How long, great God?, Z 189}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|In guilty night, Z 134}}
*{{NoCo|In guilty night, Z 134}}
*''In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z 190'' (published 1688)
*''In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z 190'' (published 1688)
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{{Middle}}
*''Laudate Dominum, Z 108'' – Canon 3 in 1 (Unknown)
*''Laudate Dominum, Z 108'' – Canon 3 in 1 (Unknown)
*''Let the night perish, Z 191'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Let the night perish, Z 191}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Lord, not to us, Z 137}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, not to us, Z 137}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, what is man}}, Z 192'' (published 1693)
*{{NoCo|Lord, what is man}}, Z 192'' (published 1693)
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*''O, I'm sick of life Z 140'' (c. 1680)
*''O, I'm sick of life Z 140'' (c. 1680)
*''O Lord our governor Z 141'' (c. 1680)
*''O Lord our governor Z 141'' (c. 1680)
*''Plung'd in the confines of despair Z 142 (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Plung'd in the confines of despair Z 142}} (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Since God so tender a regard, Z 143}} (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Since God so tender a regard, Z 143}} (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Sing, ye faithful}}
*{{NoCo|Sing, ye faithful}}
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*''Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196'' (published 1693)
*''Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196'' (published 1693)
:*{{NoCo|The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (c-minor)}}
:*{{NoCo|The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (c-minor)}}
*''The earth trembled, Z 197'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|The earth trembled, Z 197}}
*{{NoCo|A morning hymn, Z 198|Thou wakeful shepherd, that does Israel keep, Z 198}}
*{{NoCo|A morning hymn, Z 198|Thou wakeful shepherd, that does Israel keep, Z 198}}
*''We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z 199'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z 199}} (published 1688)
*''When on my sickbed I languish Z 144 (c. 1680)
*''When on my sickbed I languish Z 144 (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|With sick and famish'd eyes}}, Z 200'' (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|With sick and famish'd eyes}}, Z 200'' (published 1688)
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{{Top}}
*''{{NoCo|10 catches|A health to the nut-brown lass, Z 240}}'' (1685)
*''{{NoCo|10 catches|A health to the nut-brown lass, Z 240}}'' (1685)
*''An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass, Z 241'' (1686)
*{{NoCo|An ape, a lion, a fox and an ass, Z 241}} (1686)
*{{NoCo|As Roger last night to Jenny lay close, Z 242}}
*{{NoCo|As Roger last night to Jenny lay close, Z 242}}
*''{{NoCo|At the close of the evening, Z 599/1}}''
*''{{NoCo|At the close of the evening, Z 599/1}}''
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*{{NoCo|Once, Twice, Thrice, I Julia try'd, Z 265}}
*{{NoCo|Once, Twice, Thrice, I Julia try'd, Z 265}}
{{Middle}}
{{Middle}}
*''One industrious insect, Z 266'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|One industrious insect, Z 266}} (Unknown)
*''Pale faces, stand by, Z 267'' (1688)
*''Pale faces, stand by, Z 267'' (1688)
*''Pox on you for a fop, Z 269'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Pox on you for a fop, Z 269}} (Unknown)
*''Prithee be n't so sad and serious, Z 269'' (Unknown)
*''Prithee be n't so sad and serious, Z 269'' (Unknown)
*''Room for th'express, Z 270'' (1694)
*''Room for th'express, Z 270'' (1694)
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*{{NoCo|To thee, to thee and to a Maid, Z 283}}
*{{NoCo|To thee, to thee and to a Maid, Z 283}}
*''{{NoCo|Tom making a manteau for a lass}} (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|Tom making a manteau for a lass}} (Unknown)
*''True Englishmen drink a good health, Z 284'' (c. 1689)
*{{NoCo|True Englishmen, drink a good health, Z 284}} (c. 1689)
*{{NoCo|Under a green Elm lies Luke Shepherd's Helm, Z 285}}
*{{NoCo|Under a green Elm lies Luke Shepherd's Helm, Z 285}}
*''{{NoCo|Under this stone lies Gabriel John, Z 286}} (1686)
*''{{NoCo|Under this stone lies Gabriel John, Z 286}} (1686)
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*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|Wine in a morning makes us frolic and gay, Z 289}}'' (1686)
*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|Wine in a morning makes us frolic and gay, Z 289}}'' (1686)
*{{NoCo|Would you know how we meet, Z 290}}
*{{NoCo|Would you know how we meet, Z 290}}
*''Young Colin cleaving of a beam, Z 291'' (1691)
*{{NoCo|Young Colin cleaving of a beam, Z 291}} (1691)
*{{NoCo|Young John the Gard'ner, Z 292}}
*{{NoCo|Young John the Gard'ner, Z 292}}
{{Bottom}}
{{Bottom}}
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*''No watch, dear Celia, just is found, Z 401'' (1693)
*''No watch, dear Celia, just is found, Z 401'' (1693)
*{{NoCo|Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1}}
*{{NoCo|Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1}}
*''O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z 504'' (1695)
*{{NoCo|O dive custos}} ''auriacae domus, Z 504'' (1695)
*''O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, Z 402'' (Unknown)
*''O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, Z 402'' (Unknown)
*''O! how happy's he, Z 403'' (1690)
*''O! how happy's he, Z 403'' (1690)
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*''Why so serious, why so grave?, Z 442'' (Unknown)
*''Why so serious, why so grave?, Z 442'' (Unknown)
*''Ye happy swains, whose nymphs are kind, Z 443'' (1685)
*''Ye happy swains, whose nymphs are kind, Z 443'' (1685)
*''Young Thyrsis' fate, ye hills and groves, deplore, Z 473'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Young Thyrsis’ fate|Young Thyrsis’ fate ye Hills and Groves deplore, Z 473}} (1688)
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*'''''The Fairy-Queen, Z 629'''''
*'''''The Fairy-Queen, Z 629'''''
**14. {{NoCo|Hush, no more, Z 629/14|Hush, no more}}
**14. {{NoCo|Hush, no more, Z 629/14|Hush, no more}}
**17. {{NoCo|If love's a sweet passion, Z 630/17|If love's a sweet passion}}
**17. {{NoCo|If love's a sweet passion, Z 629/17|If love's a sweet passion}}
**36. {{NoCo|Next winter comes slowly, Z 629/36|Next winter comes slowly}}
**36. {{NoCo|Next winter comes slowly, Z 629/36|Next winter comes slowly}}
**40. {{NoCo|O let me weep, Z 629/40|O let me weep}}
**40. {{NoCo|O let me weep, Z 629/40|O let me weep}}
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==Publications==
*Purcell, Henry. ca. 1688. ''Harmonia Sacra, or Select Anthems in Score''. London: John Walsh. 34 pp.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1790/p_main.htm Complete list of works]
*[http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1790/p_main.htm Complete list of works]
*[http://www.karadar.com/Cataloghi/purcell.html Another reference for works]
*[http://www.karadar.com/Cataloghi/purcell.html Another reference for works]
*[https://imslp.org/wiki/Harmonia_Sacra_(Purcell%2C_Henry) Scan of ''Harmonia Sacra'' at IMSLP]


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Henry Purcell

Life

Born: 10 September 1659

Died: 21 November 1695

Biography

The entry in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce) reads:

"Henry Purcell, was one of the Children of the Chapel Royal, and became Organist of the same in 1682. He was also Organist of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, which Place he resigned in 1693.

He died in 1695, aged 37, and was buried in the North Isle of the said Church. On the Stone erected to his Memory is inscribed

Here lies Henry Purcell, Esq; who left this Place, and is gone to that Blessed Place where only his Harmony can be exceeded.

And on his Grave-stone, as follows:

Applaud so great a Guest Celestial Pow'rs, / Who now resides with you, but once was ours:
Yet let invidious Earth no more reclaim / Her short-liv'd Fav'rite, and her chiefest Fame,
Complaining that so prematurely dy'd / Good Nature's Pleasure, and Devotion's Pride,
Dy'd! No, he lives while yonder Organs sound, / And sacred Echoes to the Choir rebound.

The Poet Dryden wrote an Elegy on his Death, which was set to Music by Dr. John Blow, who had been his Master. He appears to have possessed a Genius superior to any of his Predecessors, together with a depth of Musical Knowledge not inferior to the most learned of them. His Talents were not confined to any particular Manner or Stile of Composition, for he was equally excellent in every thing he attempted; and it is doing but common Justice to his Memory to acknowledge, that his Works, in general, affect more powerfully, than those of almost any other Author."

View the Wikipedia article on Henry Purcell.

List of choral works

Sacred works

Morning canticles

Evening canticles

Services

Anthems

See also a sortable table of Purcell anthems.

Hymns and sacred songs

Secular works

Catches

Odes and Welcome Songs

  • Raise raise the voice, Z334 (c. 1685)
  • Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 (1678)
  • Swifter, Isis, swifter flow, Z336 (1681)
  • The summer's absence unconcerned we bear, Z337 (1682)
  • Welcome, welcome glorious morn, Z338 (1691)
  • Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 (1683)
  • Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340 (1680)
  • What, what shall be done in behalf of the man? Z341 (1682)
  • Who can from joy refrain? Z342 (1695)
  • Why, why are all the Muses mute? Z343 (1685)
  • Ye tuneful Muses, Z344 (1686)

Songs (A-H)

  • Aaron thus propos'd to Moses, Z 351 (1688) – Possibly not by Purcell
  • Ah! Cruel nymph, you give despair, Z 352 (Unknown)
  • Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, Z 353 (1688)
  • Ah! Cruel nymph, you give despair, Z 354 (Unknown)
  • Alas, how barbarous we are, Z 482 (Unknown)
  • Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z 355 (1687)
  • Amintas, to my grief I see, Z 356 (1679)
  • Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z 357 (1681)
  • Ask me to love no more, Z 358 (1694)
  • A thousand sev'ral ways I tried, Z 359 (1684)
  • Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z 360
  • Beneath a dark and melancholy grove, Z 461 (Unknown)
  • Bess of Bedlam see From silent shades, Z 370
  • Beware, poor Shepherds, Z 361 (1684)
  • Britons, strike home! Z 574/16
  • Cease, anxious world, Z 362 (1687)
  • Cease, O my sad soul, Z 363 (1678)
  • Celia's fond, too long I've loved her, Z 364 (1694)
  • Celia has a thousand charms, Z 609
  • Come, dear companions of th'Arcadian fields, Z 483 (1686)
  • Come, lay by all care, Z 484 (1685)
  • Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z 367 (1685)
  • Corinna is divinely fair, Z 365 (1692)
  • Draw near, you lovers, Z 462 (Unknown)
  • Dulcibella, when e'er I sue for a kiss, Z 485 (1694)
  • Fair Cloe, my breast so alarms, Z 486 (1692)
  • Farewell, all joys, Z 368 (1685)
  • Farewell, ye rocks, Z 463 (1685)
  • Fill the bowl with rosy wine, Z 487 (1687)
  • Fly swift, ye hours, Z 369 (1692)
  • From silent shades and the Elysian groves, Z 370 (1683)
  • Gently shepherds, you that know, Z 464 (1687)
  • Go tell Amynta, gentle swain, Z 489 (Unknown)
  • Hark Damon, hark, Z 541 (Unknown)
  • Hark how the wild musicians sing, Z 542 (Unknown)
  • Haste, gentle Charon, Z 490 (Unknown)
  • Has yet your breast no pity learn'd? Z 491 (1688)
  • Hears not my Phyllis, Z 371 (1695)
  • He himself courts his own ruin, Z 372 (1684)
  • Hence, fond deceiver, Z 492 (1687)
  • Here's to thee, Dick, Z 493 (1688)
  • High on a throne of glitt'ring ore, Z 465 (1690)
  • How delightful's the life of an innocent swain, Z 373 (Unknown)
  • How great are the blessings 'A Health to King James', Z 494 (1686)
  • How I sigh when I think of the charms, Z 374 (1681)
  • How pleasant is this flowery plain, Z 543 (1688)
  • How sweet is the air and refreshing, Z 495 (1687)

Songs (I-R)

  • I came, I saw, and was undone, Z 375 (Unknown)
  • I envy not a monarch's fate, Z 376 (1693)
  • I fain would be free, Z 377 (Unknown)
  • I love and I must, Z 382 (Unknown)
  • I loved fair Celia, Z 381 (1694)
  • I resolve against cringing, Z 386 (1679)
  • I saw fair Cloris all alone, Z 498 (1687)
  • I saw that you were grown so high, Z 387 (1678)
  • I see she flies me, Z 573
  • I spy Celia, Celia eyes me, Z 499 (1687)
  • I take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams, Z 388 (1681)
  • If ever I more riches did desire, Z 544 (Unknown)
  • If grief has any power to kill, Z 378 (1685)
  • If music be the food of love, Z 379
  • If prayers and tears, Z 380 (Unknown)
  • In a deep vision's intellectual scene 'The Complaint', Z 545 (Unknown)
  • In all our Cynthia's shining sphere, Z 496 (Unknown)
  • In Cloris all soft charms, Z 384 (1684)
  • In some kind dream, Z 497 (1687)
  • In these delightful pleasant groves
  • In vain we dissemble, Z 385 (1685)
  • Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas, Z 383 (1695)
  • Julia, your unjust disdain, Z 500 (1687)
  • Leave these useless arts in loving, Z 389 (Unknown)
  • Let each gallant heart, Z 390 (1683)
  • Let formal lovers still pursue, Z 391 (1687)
  • Let Hector, Achilles and each brave commander, Z 501 (1689)
  • Let us, kind Lesbia, give away, Z 466 (1684)
  • Lost is my quiet forever, Z 502
  • Love arms himself in Celia's eyes, Z 392 (Unknown)
  • Love is now become a trade, Z 393 (1685)
  • Lovely Albina's come ashore, Z 394 (Unknown)
  • Love's power in my heart shall find no compliance, Z 395 (1688)
  • Love, thou canst hear, tho' thou art blind, Z 396 (1695)
  • Love thou art best of human joys, Z 596/1
  • More love or more disdain I crave, Z 397 (1678)
  • Music for a while, Z 583/2
  • Musing on cares of human fate, Z 467 (1685)
  • My heart, wherever you appear, Z 399 (1685)
  • Nestor, who did to thrice man's age attain, Z 503 (1689)
  • Not all my torments can your pity move, Z 400 (Unknown)
  • No, to what purpose should I speak, Z 468 (Unknown)
  • No watch, dear Celia, just is found, Z 401 (1693)
  • Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1
  • O dive custos auriacae domus, Z 504 (1695)
  • O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, Z 402 (Unknown)
  • O! how happy's he, Z 403 (1690)
  • O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406 (1687)
  • Oft am I by the women told, Z 505 (1687)
  • Oh! what a scene does entertain my sight, Z 506 (Unknown)
  • Olinda in the shades unseen, Z 404 (Unknown)
  • On the brow of Richmond Hill, Z 405 (1692)
  • Pastora's beauties when unblown, Z 407 (1681)
  • Phyllis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z 408 (1688)
  • Phillis, talk no more of passion, Z 409 (1685)
  • Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z 410 (1695)
  • Rashly I swore I would disown, Z 411 (1683)

Songs (S-Z)

  • Urge me no more, Z 426 (Unknown)
  • We now, my Thyrsis, never find, Z 427 (1693)
  • We reap all the pleasures, Z 547 (Unknown)
  • Were I to choose the greatest bliss, Z 517 (1689)
  • What a sad fate, Z 428
  • What can we poor females do? Z 429 (1694)
  • What can we poor females do? Z 518 (Unknown)
  • What hope for us remains now he is gone? Z 472 (1679)
  • When as the mavis sweetly sings
  • When first Amintas sued for a kiss, Z 430 (1687)
  • When first my shepherdess and I, Z 431 (1687)
  • When gay Philander left the plain, Z 519 (1984)
  • When her languishing eyes said 'love', Z 432 (1681)
  • When I a lover pale do see, Z 433 (1678)
  • When, lovely Phyllis, thou art kind, Z 520 (1985)
  • When my Aemelia smiles, Z 434 (Unknown)
  • When Myra sings, Z 521 (1695)
  • When Strephon found his passion vain, Z 435 (1683)
  • When Teucer from his father fled, Z 522 (1686)
  • When the cock begins to crow, ZD 172
  • When Thyrsis did the splendid eye, Z 436 (1675)
  • While bolts and bars my days control, Z 523 (Unknown)
  • While Thyrsis, wrapt in downy sleep, Z 437 (1685)
  • While you for me alone had charms, Z 524 (Unknown)
  • Whilst Cynthia sung, all angry winds lay still, Z 438 (1686)
  • Who but a slave can well express, Z 440 (Unknown)
  • Who can behold Florella's charms, Z 441 (1695)
  • Why, my Daphne, why complaining? Z 525 (1691)
  • Why so serious, why so grave?, Z 442 (Unknown)
  • Ye happy swains, whose nymphs are kind, Z 443 (1685)
  • Young Thyrsis’ fate ye Hills and Groves deplore, Z 473 (1688)

Operas and semi-operas

Other works not listed above (See Template:CheckMissing for possible reasons and solutions)


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Publications

  • Purcell, Henry. ca. 1688. Harmonia Sacra, or Select Anthems in Score. London: John Walsh. 34 pp.

External links