Henry Purcell
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"Purcell" redirects here. You may be looking for Daniel Purcell. See also the disambiguation page for Purcell.
Life
Born: 10 September 1659
Died: 21 November 1695
Biography
View the Wikipedia article on Henry Purcell.
For a list of all Purcell's works on CPDL ordered alphabetically, click here.
List of choral works
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Sacred works
- Alleluia 3 editions available
- An Evening Hymn (
) - Blow up the trumpet (
) - Declare His Honor ( Sibelius 4 )
- Funeral Music for Queen Mary
- Choral Score - 2 editions available
- Canzona ( Encore )
- Hear My Prayer - 4 editions available
- I was glad ( Sibelius 4 )
- I Will Give Thanks Unto Thee (
MIDI ) - In God's Word Will I Rejoice ( Sibelius 2 )
- In the Midst of Life ( )
- Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z.135 2 editions available
- Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us ( MIDI )
- Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry 2 editions available
- Lord, Not to Us ( Sibelius 2 )
- Nunc dimittis in g minor ( )
- O God, Thou Art My God ( Sibelius )
- O sing unto the Lord ( Sibelius )
- Rejoice in the Lord alway ( )
- Remember not, Lord, our offences ( )
- Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts ( Finale 1998 )
- Thy word is a lantern ( )
Dramatic works
Secular works
- 10 catches ( Finale 2002 )
- Britons, strike home! ( )
- A Catch in the Play of the Knights of Malta ( LilyPond )
- A Catch by way of an Epistle ( LilyPond )
- Come, ye Sons of Art, birthday ode for Queen Mary (1694), Z 323 multiple editions available
- Down with Bacchus ( )
- Fairest isle ( )
- Fairest Isle (King Arthur) ( )
- Fie, nay, prithee John ( )
- Five Reasons ( )
- Glass was just timed, The ( )
- He that drinks is immortal ( )
- Here's a health ( )
- Hush, no more ( )
- I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly ( Encore )
- I gave her cakes and I gave her ale ( )
- If Love's a Sweet Passion - 2 editions available
- If Music be the Food of Love ( )
- The Mavis 2 editions available
- Old Epitaph, An ( )
- Tis women ( )
- Tom the Taylor ( LilyPond )
- Upon the Viol, a Catch ( LilyPond )
- What shall I do to show ( )
- Wine in a morning ( )
List of solo vocal works
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- Anacreon's Defeat ( )
- The bashful Thames ( )
- Celia Has a Thousand Charms ( )
- Charon the peacefull Shade invites ( )
- 5 Duets from Orpheus Britannicus link to external site removed due to copyright concerns
- Sound the trumpet
- Lost is my quiet
- What can we poor females do?
- No, resistance is but vain
- Shepherd, leave decoying
- Hark! each Tree its silence breaks ( )
- Hark! how the songsters of the grove ( )
- Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity ( )
- I Lov'd Fair Celia ( )
- I See She Flies Me ( )
- In vain the amorous flute 2 editions available
- Let all Mankind the Pleasure share ( )
- Love Arms Himself in Celia's Eyes ( )
- Love Quickly is Pall'd ( )
- Love thou art best of Humane Joys ( )
- Musick for a While ( )
- Next winter comes slowly ( Finale 2006 )
- Nymphs and Shepherds come away ( )
- O let me weep ( )
- Return fond Muse ( )
- Serenading Song, A ( Finale 2000 ) full score and parts available
- Shepherd Leave Decoying ( )
- Since the toils and hazards of war ( )
- Sing, sing, ye Druids ( )
- Sound the Trumpet multiple editions available
- Strike the Viol multiple editions available
- Sweeter Than Roses ( )
- They shall be happy ( )
- Turn then thine Eyes ( )
- What a sad Fate ( )
- What can we poor Females do ( )
- When the Cock begins to Crow ( )
- Why should men quarrel ( )
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External links
- The Last Renaissance Man - Fiction novel, based on Purcell's life
- Purcell on the Chainki wiki of links
- A scan of the original engraving of "Tis Nature's Voice" (PDF)
- A scan of the original engraving of "A song sung by the girl in The Tempest" (PDF)
- Complete list of works
- Another reference for works