Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z 860 (Henry Purcell)

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• CPDL #06530: 

Editor: Martin Straeten (submitted 2004-01-17).   Score information: A4, 15 pages, 148 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: minor errors in underlay See the discussion page for full description.

Choral score

• CPDL #04017:   

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2002-09-21).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 1012 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Multiple errors See the discussion page for full description.

Man that is born of a woman

CPDL #33409:    Capella 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-11-18).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #6530. Time signature altered to 2/2.

In the midst of life

CPDL #33410:    Capella 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-11-18).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #6530. Time signature altered to 2/2.

Thou knowest, Lord

CPDL #33411:    Capella 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-11-18).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 50 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #6530, with minor corrections to underlay.

• CPDL #00345:    Finale 1998 

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-02-01).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 60 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: 2nd setting.

Canzona (instrumental)

• CPDL #00499:    Encore 

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 1999-11-11).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 29 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Composer: Henry Purcell

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Cantata, Burial service

Language: English
Instruments: Brass ensemble (4 trumpets) and organ

Published: Musica Sacra, Vol. 1, London, 1724 (ed. William Croft) - Anthem for the funeral of Queen Mary II [1695].

Description: Text is from Book of Common Prayer (1662), The Order for the Burial of the Dead (slightly altered).

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Original text and translations

English text 1. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and ne'er continueth in one stay. 2. In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. 3. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray'rs; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty. O holy and most merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen.

Dutch translation 1. De mens, geboren uit een vrouw, leeft maar voor korte tijd en heeft veel ellende. Hij bloeit op en valt af als een bloem; zijn leven vliedt als een schaduw heen en duurt niet lang. 2. Midden in het leven zijn we al dicht bij de dood; bij wie kunnen we beter hulp zoeken dan bij u, O Heer, die terecht verbolgen bent over onze zonden? Toch, almachtige Heer, O heilige en allerbarmhartigste Heiland, lever ons niet over aan de bittere ellende van de eeuwige dood. 3. Heer, u kent de geheimen van onze harten; sluit Uw barmhartige oren niet voor onze gebeden, maar wees ons genadig, O almachtige God. O heilige en barmhartige Heiland rechtvaardige eeuwige Rechter, laat ons in het uur van onze dood, in onze doodsstrijd, niet in de steek. Amen.