Orpheus Britannicus (Purcell, Henry)
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Sheet Music
Scores
Complete
First edition
London: J. Heptinstall, 1698.
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London: William Pearson, 1706.
from Watkinson Collection
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London: William Pearson for Henry Playford, 1702.
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Selections
Favourite Songs out of his most celebrated Orpheus Brittanicus
*#64236 - 56.56MB, 63 pp. - (5) - V/V/V - 5357x⇩
London: John Walsh, n.d.(ca.1710).
Complete title: Favourite Songs out of his most celebrated Orpheus Brittanicus and the rest of his Works the whole fairly Engraven and carefully corrected
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Oh Solitude, Z.406
*#192246 - 0.40MB, 3 pp. - (4) - V/V/V - 904x⇩
PDF scanned by Unknown
Jennifergrace07 (2012/3/24)
London: William Pearson, 1706.
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Oh Solitude, Z.406
*#239989 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. - (2) - !N/!N/!N - 667x⇩
Norwich: Fynn Titford-Mock, 2012.
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Selections
For Voice and Piano (Arkwright)
Complete Score
*#115887 - 1.77MB, 50 pp. - (0) - V/V/15 - 1362x⇩
Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (1864–1944)
The Old English Edition. No. 24.
London: Joseph Williams, Oxford: Parker and Co., 1901.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
6 Songs
1. Love arms himself in Celia's eyes
2. Celia has a thousand charms
3. I lov'd fair Celia
4. Anacreon's Defeat
5. I see she flies me
6. Sweeter than roses
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General Information
| Work Title | Orpheus Britannicus |
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| Alternative Title | Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the choicest songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. together with such Symphonies for Violins or Flutes [recorders], as were by him design's for any of them: and a thorough-bass to each song; figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute. All which are placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut. |
| Composer | Purcell, Henry |
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| Movements/Sections | 2 volumes |
| First Publication | 1698, 1702 |
| Language | English |
| Dedication | I. Lady Howard II. Charles, Lord Halifax |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Voice, continuo |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
- Scores from the National Library of Australia
- Pages with First Editions
- Walsh, John/Editor
- Titford-Mock, Fynn/Editor
- Pages with scores
- Arkwright, Godfrey Edward Pellew/Arranger
- Scores
- Purcell, Henry/Collections
- Baroque
- Songs
- Airs
- Pieces
- For voice, continuo
- For voices with continuo
- Scores featuring the voice
- Scores with basso continuo
- For 2 voices, continuo
- For 3 voices, continuo
- For 4 voices, continuo
- For voices, strings, continuo
- Scores featuring string ensemble
- For voices with strings
- For voice, recorder, continuo
- Scores featuring the recorder
- For voices with solo instruments
- English language
- For voice, piano (arr)
- For voices with keyboard
- Scores featuring the piano
- Pages with arrangements
- 18th-century facsimiles
