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[[Image:Purcell.jpg|thumb|Henry Purcell]]
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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 10 September 1659  
'''Born:''' 10 September 1659


'''Died:''' 21 November 1695
'''Died:''' 21 November 1695
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The entry in [[Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (William Boyce)]] reads:
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.
"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
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.''
:''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:
And on his Grave-stone, as follows:
 
:''Applaud so great a Guest Celestial Pow'rs, / Who now resides with you, but once was ours:
:''Applaud so great a Guest Celestial Pow'rs,
:''Yet let invidious Earth no more reclaim / Her short-liv'd Fav'rite, and her chiefest Fame,
:''Who now resides with you, but once was ours:
:''Complaining that so prematurely dy'd / Good Nature's Pleasure, and Devotion's Pride,
:''Yet let invidious Earth no more reclaim
:''Dy'd! No, he lives while yonder Organs sound, / And sacred Echoes to the Choir rebound.
:''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.
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.
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."
 
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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===Sacred works===
===Sacred works===
 
{{top}}
====Morning canticles====
====Morning canticles====
*{{NoCo|Te Deum|Te Deum & Jubilate}}   {{editions|3}}
{{#SortWorks:Morning Canticles}}
*''Te Deum in B flat''
{{mdl}}
*''Benedictus in B flat''
*''Benedicite omnia opera in B flat''
*''Jubilate Deo in B flat''


====Communion services====
====Evening canticles====
*''Kyrie in B flat''
{{#SortWorks:Evening Canticles}}
*''Nicene Creed in B flat''
{{btm}}


====Evening canticles====
====Services====
*{{NoCo|Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in B flat}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Communion service in B flat''
*''Cantate Domino in B flat''
**{{NoCo|Lord, have mercy upon us, Z 230/5|Kyrie, Z 230/5}}
*''Deus Misereatur in B flat''
**{{NoCo|Nicene creed in B flat, Z 230/6|Nicene creed, Z 230/6}}
*{{NoCo|Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in g minor}}]   ''various editions available''
*{{NoCo|Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860}}


====Anthems====
====Anthems====
:''See also a sortable table of [[Purcell anthems]].
{{Top}}
*''Awake, put on thy strength, Z 1''
*{{NoCo|Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z 131}}
*{{NoCo|Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z 2}}
*''Behold now, praise the Lord, Z 3''
*{{NoCo|Be merciful unto me, Z 4}}
*''Blessed are they that fear the Lord, Z 5''
*''Blessed be the Lord my strength, Z 6''
*{{NoCo|Blessed is he that considereth the poor, Z 7}}
*''Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, Z 8''
*''Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, Z 9''
*{{NoCo|Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z 10}}
*{{NoCo|Bow down thine ear, O Lord, Z 11}}
*{{NoCo|O sing unto the Lord, Z 44|Declare his honour (part of O sing unto the Lord, Z 44)}}
*''Give sentence with me, O Lord, Z 12''
*''Hear me, O Lord, and that soon''
**'' a 4, Z 13a
**'' a 5, Z 13b''
*''Hear my prayer, O God, Z 14''
*{{NoCo|Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15}}
*''If the Lord himself, ZN 66''
*''In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z 16''
*''In the midst of life''
**{{NoCo|Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860|Z 17a, SATB (SATB)}}
**''Z 17b, ATB (SATB)''
*''It is a good thing to give thanks, Z 18''
*''I was glad''
**{{NoCo|I was glad (full anthem)}}
**{{NoCo|I was glad, Z 19|Z 19, SATB}} with strings
*{{NoCo|I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z 20}}
*''I will give thanks unto the Lord, Z 21''
*{{NoCo|I will love thee, Z 67}}''
*{{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|Jehova, quam multi|Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z 135 }}
*{{NoCo|Let God arise, Z 23}}
*{{NoCo|Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z 24}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry, Z 25}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes, Z 136}}
*''Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth? Z 26''
*{{NoCo|Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860|Man that is born of a woman, Z 27}}
*{{NoCo|My beloved spake, Z 28}}
{{Middle}}
*''My heart is fixed, O God, Z 29''
*''My heart is inditing, Z 30''
*{{NoCo|My song shall be alway, Z 31}}
*''O consider my adversity, Z 32''
*{{NoCo|O give thanks unto the Lord, Z 33}}
*{{NoCo|O God, the King of glory, Z 34}}
*''O God, they that love thy name, ZD 4''
*''[[O God, thou art my God (Henry Purcell)|O God, thou art my God, Z 35]]''
*{{NoCo|O God, thou hast cast us out, Z 36}}
*{{NoCo|O Lord God of hosts, Z 37}}
*''O Lord, grant the King a long life, Z 38''
*{{NoCo|O Lord, Our Governor, Z 39}}
*{{NoCo|O Lord, rebuke me not, Z 40}}
*''O Lord, Thou art my God, Z 41''
*''O praise God in his holiness, Z 42''
*''O praise the Lord, all ye heathen, Z 43''
*{{NoCo|O sing unto the Lord, Z 44}}
*{{NoCo|Out of the deep, Z 45}}
*''Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46''
*''Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Z 47''
*''Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Z 48''
*{{NoCo|Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z 49}}
*{{NoCo|Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50}}
*{{NoCo|Save me, O God, Z 51}}
*{{NoCo|Sing unto God, Z 52}}
*''The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient, Z 53''
*''The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof, Z 54''
*''The Lord is my light, Z 55''
*''The way of God is an undefiled way, Z 56''
*{{NoCo|They that go down to the sea, Z 57}}
*''Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
**''Z 58a''
**{{NoCo|Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z.58b|Z 58b}}
**{{NoCo|Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860|Z 58c (Full anthem)}}
*''Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, Z 59''
*{{NoCo|Thy way, O God, is holy, Z 60}}
*{{NoCo|Thy word is a lantern, Z 61}}
*''Turn thou us, O good Lord, Z 62''
*''Unto Thee will I cry, Z 63''
*''Who hath believed our report? Z 64''
*''Why do the heathen so furiously rage together? Z 65''
{{Bottom}}


====Hymns and sacred songs====
{{Top}}
*''Ah! few and full of sorrow, Z 130'' (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Alleluia}}   {{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|Alleluia}}   {{editions|3}}
*''Be merciful''
*''Awake, and with attention hear, Z 181'' (published 1681)
*{{NoCo|Blow up the trumpet}}   {{LLink|Purcell_Blow_up_the_trumpet.pdf|Purcell_Blow_up_the_trumpet.mid}}
*{{NoCo|Awake, ye dead, Z 182}}
*{{NoCo|O sing unto the Lord|Declare His Honour}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Begin the song (The Resurrection), Z 183}}
*{{NoCo|A Morning Hymn}}   ( [{{filepath:A_Morning_Hymn.pdf}} {{pdf}}]
*{{NoCo|Close thine eyes and sleep secure}}, Z 184
*{{NoCo|An Evening Hymn|Evening Hymn, An}}   ( [{{website|callon}} {{net}}] ) {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Early, O Lord, my fainting soul, Z 132}} (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Funeral Music for Queen Mary}}
*''Full of wrath his threatening breath, Z 185'' (Unknown)
**Choral Score   {{editions|2}}
*''Gloria Patri, Z 103'' (c. 1680)
**Canzona {{LLinkW|pur-canz.pdf|pur-canz.mid|pur-canz.zip|Encore}}
*''{{NoCo|Gloria Patri, Z 104}}'' – Canon 3 in 1 (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Hear my prayer}}   {{editions|4}}
*{{NoCo|Gloria Patri, Z 105}} – Canon 4 in 1 (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|I was glad}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Gloria Patri, Z 106'' – Canon 4 in 1 (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|I will give thanks unto Thee}}   ( [{{filepath:three_short_anthems.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{website|corounlmidi}}IWillGiveThanksUntoThee.mid {{extmid}}] )
*''Gloria Patri, Z 107'' – Canon 7 in 1 at the unison (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|In God's word will I rejoice}}   {{editions|2}} an excerpt from ''Be merciful unto me''
*{{NoCo|Great God and just, Z 186}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|In guilty night}}   ( [{{filepath:Pur-Saul.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Pur-Saul.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hear me, O Lord, the great support}}, Z 133
*{{NoCo|In the midst of life}}   {{LLinkW|pur-mary.pdf}} [{{filepath:Pur-mary.mid}} {{mid}}]
*{{NoCo|Hosanna to the highest, Z 187}} (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Jehova, quam multi|Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z.135 }}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|How have I stray'd, Z 188}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Lord, have mercy upon us}}   ( [{{filepath:three_short_anthems.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{website|corounlmidi}}LordHaveMercyUponUs.mid {{extmid}}] )
*{{NoCo|How long, great God?, Z 189}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|In guilty night, Z 134}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, not to us}}   {{LLinkW|purc-lor.pdf|purc-lor.mid|purc-lor.sib|Sibelius 2}}
*{{NoCo|In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z 190}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|O God the king of glory}}   {{LLink|Purcell-O-God-The-King-Of-Glory.pdf|Purcell-O-God-The-King-Of-Glory.mid}}
*''Joy, mirth, triumphs I do defy, Z 101'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|O God, thou art my God}}   {{LLinkW|pur-ogod.pdf|pur-ogod.mid|pur-ogod.sib|Sibelius}}
{{Middle}}
*''O God, thou hast cast us out''
*{{NoCo|Laudate Deum omnes gentes}} Canon 3 in one at the unison
*''O Lord God of Hosts''
*''Laudate Dominum, Z 108'' – Canon 3 in 1 (probably refers to "Laudate Deum")
*{{NoCo|O sing unto the Lord}}   {{LLinkW|pur-sing.pdf|pur-sing.mid}}  {{external}}[{{website|callon}} Sibelius] )
*{{NoCo|Let the night perish, Z 191}} (published 1688)
*{{NoCo|Rejoice in the Lord alway}}   ( [{{website|Mather}}/cd/index.shtml?33.txt {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Lord, not to us, Z 137}}
*{{NoCo|Remember not, Lord, our offences}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Lord, what is man}}, Z 192'' (published 1693)
*{{NoCo|Sing, ye faithful}}   ( [{{filepath:HPurcell-Sing_ye_faithful.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:HPurcell-Sing_ye_faithful.mid}} {{mid}}] )
*''{{NoCo|Miserere mei}}, Z 109'' – Canon 4 in 2 (published 1687)
*{{NoCo|Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z.58b}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|An evening hymn, Z 193|Now that the sun hath veil'd his light, Z 193}}
*''Thy way, o God''
*{{NoCo|O all ye people, clap your hands, Z 138}} (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|Thy word is a lantern}}   {{LLink|Purcell_Thy_word_is_a_lantern.pdf|Purcell_Thy_word.mid}}
*{{NoCo|O happy man that fears the Lord, Z 139}}
*''O, I'm sick of life Z 140'' (c. 1680)
*{{NoCo|O Lord our governor, Z 141}} (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|Sing, ye faithful}}
*''Sleep, Adam, sleep and take thy rest, Z 195'' (published 1688)
*''Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196'' (published 1693)
:*{{NoCo|The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation}}
*{{NoCo|The earth trembled, Z 197}}
*{{NoCo|A morning hymn, Z 198|Thou wakeful shepherd, that does Israel keep, Z 198}}
*{{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)
*{{NoCo|With sick and famish'd eyes}}, Z 200'' (published 1688)
{{Bottom}}
 
===Secular works===
====Catches====
{{Top}}
*''{{NoCo|A health to the nut-brown lass, Z 240}}'' (1685) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*{{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|At the close of the evening, Z 599/1}}''
*''Bring the bowl and cool Nantz, Z 243'' (1693–94)
*''{{NoCo|Call for the reckoning, Z 244}}'' (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|Come let us drink, Z 245}}'' (Unknown)
*''Come my hearts, play your parts, Z 246'' (1685)
*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|Down, down with Bacchus, Z 247}}'' (1693)
*''Drink on till night be spent, Z 248'' (1686)
*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|Fie, nay, prithee}}'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Full bags, a brisk Bottle, Z 249}}
*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|The glass was just timed}}'' (Unknown)
*''God save our sovereign Charles, Z 250'' (1685)
*''Great Apollo and Bacchus, Z 251'' (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|Here's a health|Here's a health, pray let it pass, Z 252}}'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Here's that will challenge all the Fair, Z 253}}
*''{{NoCo|He that drinks is immortal, Z 254}}'' (1686) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*''{{NoCo|If all be true that I do think, Z 255}}'' (1689) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*''{{NoCo|Jack Thou'rt a Toper, Z 574/10}}'' (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus|I gave her cakes and I gave her ale, Z 256}}'' (1690)
*{{NoCo|Is Charleroy's Siege come to? Z 257}}
*''Let the grave folks go preach, Z 258'' (1685)
*''Let us drink to the blades, Z 259'' (1691)
*{{NoCo|My Lady's coachman John, Z 260}}
*''Now England's great council's assembled, Z 261'' (1685)
*''Now, now we are met and humours agree, Z 262'' (1688)
*''{{NoCo|Of all the instruments, Z 263}}''
*''{{NoCo|Once in our lives let us drink to our wives, Z 264}}'' (1686) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*{{NoCo|Once, Twice, Thrice, I Julia try'd, Z 265}}
{{Middle}}
*{{NoCo|One industrious insect, Z 266}} (Unknown)
*''Pale faces, stand by, Z 267'' (1688)
*{{NoCo|Pox on you for a fop, Z 269}} (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|Prithee be n't so sad and serious, Z 269}}'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|Room for th'express, Z 270}} (1691)
*''Since the duke is return'd, Z 271'' (1685)
*{{NoCo|Since time so kind to us does prove, Z 272}}
*''{{NoCo|Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, Z 273}}'' (in {{NoCo|10 catches}}) (Unknown)
*''Soldier, soldier, take off thy wine, Z 274'' (Unknown)
*''Sum up all the delights, Z 275'' (1688)
*{{NoCo|The Macedon Youth, Z 276}}
*''The miller's daughter riding, Z 277'' (1686)
*''{{NoCo|The siege of Limerick, Z 278}}'' (1691) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*'''Tis easy to force, Z 279'' (1685)
*''{{NoCo|'Tis too late for a coach, Z 280}}'' (1686)
*''{{NoCo|'Tis women makes us love, Z 281}}'' (1685)(in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*''{{NoCo|A Catch by way of an Epistle|To all lovers of music, Z 282}}'' (1687)
*{{NoCo|To thee, to thee and to a Maid, Z 283}}
*''{{NoCo|Tom making a manteau for a lass}} (Unknown)
*{{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 this stone lies Gabriel John, Z 286}} (1686)
*''{{NoCo|When V and I together meet, Z 287}}'' (1686) (in {{NoCo|10 catches}})
*''Who comes there?, Z 288'' (1685)
*''{{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|Young Colin cleaving of a beam, Z 291}} (1691)
*{{NoCo|Young John the Gard'ner, Z 292}}
{{Bottom}}


===Dramatic works===
====Odes and Welcome Songs====
*'''{{NoCo|Dido and Aeneas, Z 626|Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 Opera (1689)}}'''
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|Dido's Lament and Chorus}}   ( [http://www.johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/misc/#purcell {{net}}]) PDFs and Midis available
*''Arise my Muse, Z320'' (1690)
*{{NoCo|King Arthur}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Celebrate this festival, Z321'' (1693)
**{{NoCo|Crown the altar, deck the shrine, Z 321/6|6. Crown the altar, deck the shrine}}
**{{NoCo|Return fond muse, Z 321/12|12. Return fond muse}}
*''Celestial music did the gods inspire, Z322'' (1689)
*''{{NoCo|Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323}}'' (1694)
**{{NoCo|Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323|5. Strike the viol}}
*''Fly, bold rebellion, Z324'' (1683)
*''From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z325'' (1683)
*''From those serene and rapturous joys, Z326'' (1684)
*''Great parent, hail! Z327'' (1694)
*{{NoCo|Hail, bright Cecilia, Z 328}} (1692)
**{{NoCo|Hark! each tree its silence breaks, Z 328/3|3. Hark! each tree its silence breaks}}
**{{NoCo|Thou tun'st this world below, Z 328/6|6. Thou tun'st this world below}}
**{{NoCo|In vain the amorous flute, Z 328/10|10. In vain the amorous flute}}
*''Laudate Ceciliam, Z329'' (1683)
*''Love's goddess sure was blind, Z331'' (1692)
*''Now does the glorious day appear, Z332'' (1689)
{{Middle}}
*''Of old when heroes thought it base (Yorkshire Feast Song), Z333'' (1690)
**{{NoCo|The bashful Thames, Z 333/3|3. The bashful Thames}}
**{{NoCo|And in each track of glory, Z 333/5|5. And in each track of glory}}


===Secular works===
*''Raise raise the voice, Z334'' (c. 1685)
*{{NoCo|10 catches}}   {{LLink|Purcell_10Catches.pdf|Purcell_SweetSirWalter.MID|Purcell_10Catches.MUS|Finale 2002}}
*''Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335'' (1678)
*{{NoCo|Bacchus is a pow'r divine}}   {{LLink|Pur-bac.pdf|Pur-bac.mid}}
*''Swifter, Isis, swifter flow, Z336'' (1681)
*{{NoCo|Britons, strike home!}}   {{LLink|Britons_strike_home.pdf|Britons_strike_home.mid}}
*''The summer's absence unconcerned we bear, Z337'' (1682)
*{{NoCo|A Catch in the Play of the Knights of Malta}}   {{LLink|Military.pdf|Military.midi|Military.ly|LilyPond}}
*''Welcome, welcome glorious morn, Z338'' (1691)
*{{NoCo|A Catch by way of an Epistle}}   {{LLink|Musikcatch.pdf|Musikcatch.midi|Musikcatch.ly|LilyPond}}
*''{{NoCo|Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339}} (1683)
*'''{{NoCo|Come, ye Sons of Art, Z 323|Come, ye Sons of Art}}''', birthday ode for Queen Mary (1694), Z 323   {{editions|n}}
**{{NoCo|Here the deities approve, Z 339/3|3. Here the deities approve}}
*{{NoCo|Down with Bacchus}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Drinking-8.mid}}
*''Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340'' (1680)
*{{NoCo|Fairest isle}}   ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/123952.shtml {{net}}] )
*''What, what shall be done in behalf of the man? Z341'' (1682)
*{{NoCo|Fairest Isle (King Arthur)}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Who can from joy refrain? Z342'' (1695)
*{{NoCo|Fie, nay, prithee John}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purcell-Fie,_nay.mid}}
*''Why, why are all the Muses mute? Z343'' (1685)
*{{NoCo|Five Reasons}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purcell-Five_reasons.mid}}
*''Ye tuneful Muses, Z344'' (1686)
*{{NoCo|The Glass was just timed}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purc-Glass.mid}}
{{Bottom}}
*{{NoCo|He that drinks is immortal}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purcell_He_that_drinks.mid}}
 
*{{NoCo|Here's a health}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purcell_Heres_a_health.mid}}
====Songs (A-H)====
*{{NoCo|Hush, no more}}   ( [http://people.freenet.de/cpdl/ {{net}}] )
{{Top}}
*{{NoCo|I attempt from love's sickness to fly}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Aaron thus propos'd to Moses, Z 351'' (1688) – Possibly not by Purcell
*{{NoCo|I gave her cakes and I gave her ale}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purcell_I_gave_her.mid}}
*''Ah! Cruel nymph, you give despair, Z 352'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|If Love's a Sweet Passion}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, Z 353'' (1688)
*{{NoCo|If Music be the Food of Love}}   {{editions|2}}
*''Ah! Cruel nymph, you give despair, Z 354'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|In these delightful pleasant Groves}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*''Alas, how barbarous we are, Z 482'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|The Mavis}}   {{editions|3}}
*''Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z 355'' (1687)
* {{NoCo|Of all the instruments}}   ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145443.shtml {{net}}]  )
*''Amintas, to my grief I see, Z 356'' (1679)
*{{NoCo|An Old Epitaph}}   ( [{{website|solovoces}} {{net}}] )
*''Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z 357'' (1681)
*{{NoCo|Tis women}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Tis_women.mid}}
*''Ask me to love no more, Z 358'' (1694)
*{{NoCo|Tom the Taylor}}   {{LLink|Naughtychatches.pdf|Naughtychatches.midi|Naughtychatches.ly|LilyPond}}
*''A thousand sev'ral ways I tried, Z 359'' (1684)
*{{NoCo|Upon the Viol, a Catch}}   {{LLink|Musikcatch.pdf|Musikcatch.midi|Musikcatch.ly|LilyPond}}
*{{NoCo|Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z 360}}
*{{NoCo|Welcome to All the Pleasures}}, Ode to St. Cecilia (1683), Z 339   ( [{{filepath:Purc-cec-ode-1683.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Purc-cec-ode-1683.mid}} {{mid}}] ) - Choral score also available
*''Beneath a dark and melancholy grove, Z 461'' (Unknown)
*{{NoCo|What shall I do to show}}   ( [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ {{net}}] )
*''Bess of Bedlam'' see ''From silent shades'', Z 370
*{{NoCo|Wine in a morning}}   {{LLink|Drinking.pdf|Purc-Wine.mid}}
*''Beware, poor Shepherds, Z 361'' (1684)
*''{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
{{Middle}}
*''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)
:*{{NoCo|A dialogue between Charon and Orpheus}}
*''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)
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====Songs (I-R)====
{{Top}}
*''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)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
{{Middle}}
*{{NoCo|Lost is my quiet forever, Z 502}}
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|Love thou art best of human joys, Z 596/1}}
*''More love or more disdain I crave, Z 397'' (1678)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|Nymphs and shepherds come away, Z 600/1}}
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
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====Songs (S-Z)====
{{Top}}
*''Saccharissa's grown old, Z 507'' (1686)
*{{NoCo|Sawney is a bonny lad|Sawney is a bonny lad, Z 412}}
*''Scarce had the rising sun appear'd, Z 469'' (1679)
*''See where she sits, Z 508'' (Unknown)
*''She loves and she confesses too, Z 413'' (1683)
*''She that would gain a faithful lover, Z 414'' (1695)
*''She who my poor heart possesses, Z 415'' (1683)
*''See how the fading glories of the year, Z 470'' (1689)
*''Since one poor view has drawn my heart, Z 416'' (1681)
*''Since the pox or the plague, Z 471'' (1679)
*''{{NoCo|Sing, sing, ye druids, Z 574/13}}''
*''Sit down, my dear Sylvia, Z 509'' (1685)
*{{NoCo|Soft notes and gently raised, Z 510}}
*{{NoCo|Sound trumpet sound, beat ev'ry drum}}
*''Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z 417'' (1687)
*{{NoCo|Strike the viol, Z 232/5}}
*{{NoCo|Stript of their green|Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444}} (1692)
*''Sweet, be no longer sad, Z 418'' (1678)
*{{NoCo|Sweeter than roses, Z 585/1}}
*''Sylvia, now your scorn give over, Z 420'' (1688)
*''Sylvia, thou brighter eye of night, Z 511'' (Unknown)
*''Sylvia, 'tis true you're fair, Z 512'' (1686)
*''The fatal hour comes on apace, Z 421'' (Unknown)
*''There never was so wretched lover as I, Z 513'' (Unknown)
*''They say you're angry, Z 422'' (1685)
*{{NoCo|This poet sings the Trojan wars (Anacreon's Defeat), Z 423}}
*''Though my mistress be fair, Z 514'' (1685)
*''Through mournful shades and solitary groves, Z 424'' (1684)
*'''Tis wine was made to rule the day, Z 546'' (Unknown)
*''{{NoCo|To arms, your ensigns straight display, Z 574/15}}''
*''Trip it, trip it in a ring, Z 515'' (Unknown)
*''Turn then thine eyes, Z 425'' (Unknown)
*''Underneath this myrtle shade, Z 516'' (1692)
{{Middle}}
*''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)
*{{NoCo|What a sad fate, Z 428}}
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|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)
*{{NoCo|Young Thyrsis’ fate|Young Thyrsis’ fate ye Hills and Groves deplore, Z 473}} (1688)
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====Operas and semi-operas====
{{top}}
*'''{{NoCo|Dido and Aeneas, Z 626}}'''
**{{NoCo|Dido's Lament and Chorus}}
 
*'''''Dioclesian, Z 627'''''
**6. {{NoCo|Charon the peacefull shade invites, Z 627/6|Charon the peacefull shade invites}}
**8. {{NoCo|Let all mankind the pleasure share, Z 627/8|Let all mankind the pleasure share}}
**13b. {{NoCo|Since the toils and hazards of war, Z 627/13b|Since the toils and hazards of war}}
**18. {{NoCo|What shall I do to show, Z 627/18|What shall I do to show}}
**App3. {{NoCo|Let us dance, let us sing, Z 627/App3|Let us dance, let us sing}}
 
*'''{{NoCo|King Arthur, Z 628}}'''
**16. {{NoCo|Shepherd, leave decoying, Z 628/16|Shepherd, leave decoying}}
**28. {{NoCo|Your hay it is mow'd}}
**30a. {{NoCo|For love ev'ry creature is form'd, Z 628/30a|For love ev'ry creature is form'd}}
**38. {{NoCo|King Arthur, Z 628|Fairest Isle}}
{{Middle}}
*'''''The Fairy-Queen, Z 629'''''
**14. {{NoCo|Hush, no more, Z 629/14|Hush, no more}}
**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}}
**40. {{NoCo|O let me weep, Z 629/40|O let me weep}}
**48. {{NoCo|Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings, Z 629/48|Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings}}
**50c. {{NoCo|Turn then thine eyes, Z 629/50c|Turn then thine eyes}}
**50ef. {{NoCo|They shall be happy, Z 629/50ef|They shall be happy}}
 
*'''''The Indian Queen, Z 630'''''
**4d. {{NoCo|Why should men quarrel, Z 630/4d|Why should men quarrel}}
**17b. {{NoCo|We the spirits of the air, Z 630/17b|We the spirits of the air}}
**17c. {{NoCo|I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z 630/17c|I attempt from love's sickness to fly}}


==List of solo vocal works==
*'''''{{NoCo|The Tempest, Z 631}}'''''
{{Legend}}
*{{NoCo|And in each track of Glory|And in each track of Glory}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Anacreon's Defeat}}   {{LLink|No4-Anacreons_Defeat.pdf}}
*{{NoCo|Bacchus is a pow'r divine}}   {{LLink|Pur-bac.pdf}}
*{{NoCo|The bashful Thames}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Begin the Song (The Resurrection)|Begin the Song}}   [{{filepath:Pur.song.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Pur-song.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Pur-song.sib}} Sibelius 6]
*{{NoCo|Celia Has a Thousand Charms}}   ( [{{website|artsong}}2008/purcell-celia-has-a-thousand-charms/ {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Charon the peacefull Shade invites}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Crown the Altar, Deck the Shrine}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Duets from Orpheus Britannicus|5 Duets from Orpheus Britannicus}}   ''link to external site removed due to copyright concerns''
:#''Sound the trumpet
:#{{NoCo|Lost is my quiet}}   ( [http://i.minus.com/1335818066/9Y3CwXuoHUjhvD4cpKB2oQ/dbwyzBKx9yWOUQ.pdf {{extpdf}}] [http://i.minus.com/1335818066/2QpAzVr4ib4xgkKmcxE3NQ/d2QpULY4pwxTb.mid {{extmid}}] {{external}}[http://i.minus.com/1335818066/E_4RYvJhRhr1rPS2X4weXw/dboxXPenJKIHlt.sib Sibelius 6] )
:#''What can we poor females do?
:#''No, resistance is but vain
:#''Shepherd, leave decoying
*{{NoCo|For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hark! each Tree its silence breaks}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hark! The Ecchoing Air a Triumph Sings}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hark! how the songsters of the grove}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Here the Deities approve}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|I loved fair Celia}}   ( [{{website|artsong}}2008/purcell-i-lovd-fair-celia/ {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|I See She Flies Me}}   (   [http://books.google.com/books?id=GqgQAAAAYAAJ {{pdf}}] )
*{{NoCo|If Musick be the food of Love}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|In vain the amorous flute}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Let all Mankind the Pleasure share}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Let us Dance, let us Sing}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Love Arms Himself in Celia's Eyes}}   ( [{{website|artsong}}2008/purcell-love-arms-himself-in-celias-eyes/ {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Love Quickly is Pall'd}}   {{LLink|Love_quickly_is_Pall'd.pdf|Henry_Purcell_-_Love_quickly_is_Pall'd.mid}}
*{{NoCo|Love thou art best of Humane Joys}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Musick for a While}}   {{editions|2}}
*{{NoCo|Next winter comes slowly}}   {{LLink|Henry_Purcell_Next_winter.pdf|Henry_Purcell_Next_winter_comes_slowly_.mid|Henry_Purcell_Next_winter.mus|Finale 2006}}
*{{NoCo|Nymphs and Shepherds come away}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|O let me weep}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Return fond Muse}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|A Serenading Song}}   {{LLinkW|pur-aser.pdf|pur-aser.mid|pur-aser.mus|Finale 2000}} ''full score and parts available''
*{{NoCo|Shepherd Leave Decoying}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Since the toils and hazards of war}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Sing, sing, ye Druids}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Sound the Trumpet}}  {{editions|n}}
*{{NoCo|Sound Trumpet Sound, beat ev'ry Drum}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Strike the Viol}}   {{editions|n}}
*{{NoCo|Sweeter Than Roses}}   ( [{{website|artsong}}2008/purcell-sweeter-than-roses/ {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|They shall be happy}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|To Arms, your Ensigns straight Display}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Thou tun'st this World below}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Turn then thine Eyes}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|We the Spirits of the Air}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|What a sad Fate}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )


*{{NoCo|What can we poor Females do}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
*'''''Timon of Athens, Z 632'''''
*{{NoCo|When the Cock begins to Crow}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
**2. {{NoCo|Hark! how the songsters of the grove, Z 632/2|Hark! how the songsters of the grove}}
*{{NoCo|Why should men quarrel}}   ( [http://www.drdrbill.com/music.html {{net}}] )
**5. {{NoCo|Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity, Z 632/5|Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity}}
**11. {{NoCo|Love quickly is pall'd, Z 632/11|Love quickly is pall'd}}


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==Publications==
* {{NoCo|Harmonia Sacra|Harmonia Sacra, or Select Anthems In Score}} c. 1688


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMSLP}}
*[http://www.hoasm.org/VIIA/Purcell.html Biography on HOASM]
*[http://www.hoasm.org/VIIA/Purcell.html Biography on HOASM]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074142696X/ref=tag_pdp_i_title/103-1868133-4340660?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155 The Last Renaissance Man] - Fiction novel, based on Purcell's life
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074142696X/ref=tag_pdp_i_title/103-1868133-4340660?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155 The Last Renaissance Man] - Fiction novel, based on Purcell's life
*[http://en.chainki.org/index.php?title=Purcell%2C_Henry Purcell] on the Chainki wiki of links
*[http://en.chainki.org/index.php?title=Purcell%2C_Henry Purcell]{{broken}} on the Chainki wiki of links
*[{{filepath:Purcell_Tis_Nature's_Voice.pdf}} A scan of the original engraving of "Tis Nature's Voice" (PDF)]
*[[Media:Purcell_Tis_Nature's_Voice.pdf|A scan of the original engraving of "Tis Nature's Voice" (PDF)]]
*[{{filepath:Purcell_A_song_sung_by_the_girl_in_The_Tempest.pdf}} A scan of the original engraving of "A song sung by the girl in The Tempest" (PDF)]
*[[Media:Purcell_A_song_sung_by_the_girl_in_The_Tempest.pdf|A scan of the original engraving of "A song sung by the girl in The Tempest" (PDF)]]
*[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]{{broken}} [http://www.karadar.com/Cataloghi/purcell.html Another reference for works]{{broken}}
*[http://www.karadar.com/Cataloghi/purcell.html Another reference for works]


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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)

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