Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (Henry Purcell)
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Complete work (as preserved - some movements lost)
- Editor: Calebe Barros (submitted 2020-04-11). Score information: A4, 78 pages, 1.71 MB Copyright: CC BY NC SA
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- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-12). Score information: Letter, 143 pages, 1.14 MB Copyright: CPDL
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- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
Individual movements
1. Overture
1.1 Prologue (music lost)
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-17). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Act 1
2a-b. Aria: "Shake the cloud from off your brow" - Chorus: "Banish sorrow, banish care"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-23). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
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3. Aria and Ritornello: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 62 kB Copyright: CPDL
4. Duet: "Grief increases by concealing"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB Copyright: CPDL
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5. Chorus: "When monarchs unite"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB Copyright: CPDL
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6. Trio: "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 47 kB Copyright: CPDL
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7. Duet and Chorus: "Fear no danger"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 57 kB Copyright: CPDL
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8. Trio: "See, your royal guest appears"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 33 kB Copyright: CPDL
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9. Chorus: "Cupid only throws the dart"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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10. Aria: "If not for mine"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 26 kB Copyright: CPDL
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11. Prelude and Aria: "Pursue thy conquest, love"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-16). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL
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11a. Dance guitars chaconny (music lost)
12. Chorus: "To the hills and the vales"
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- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-17). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 76 kB Copyright: CPDL
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13. Dance: The triumphing dance
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-18). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 54 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Act 2
14. Prelude and Aria: "Wayward sisters"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-19). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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15. Chorus: "Harm's our delight"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-20). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 36 kB Copyright: CPDL
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16. Aria: "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 27 kB Copyright: CPDL
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17. Chorus: "Ho ho ho!"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB Copyright: CPDL
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18. Witches' Trio: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 40 kB Copyright: CPDL
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19. Chorus: "Ho ho ho!"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 36 kB Copyright: CPDL
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20. Chorus: "Witches' Duet - But ere we this perform"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-22). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL
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21. Chorus: "In our deep vaulted cell"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-24). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
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22. "Echo dance of the furies"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-25). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 56 kB Copyright: CPDL
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23. Ritornello
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-25). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL
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24a. Aria: "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-28). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 33 kB Copyright: CPDL
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24b. Chorus: "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-29). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 48 kB Copyright: CPDL
24bb. Guitar ground a dance (music lost)
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25a. Aria: "Oft she visits this lone mountain"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-30). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 48 kB Copyright: CPDL
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25b. Ritornello: "A Dance to entertain Aeneas by Dido's Women"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-31). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
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26. Aria: "Behold, upon my bended spear"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-03). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 34 kB Copyright: CPDL
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27. Aria and Chorus: "Haste, haste to town"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 64 kB Copyright: CPDL
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28. Duet: "Stay, Prince"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Act 3
29. Prelude and Aria: "Come away, fellow sailors"
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The chorus written out for a cappella choir.
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-18). Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 86 kB Copyright: CPDL
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30. Dance: The sailor's dance
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-20). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 31 kB Copyright: CPDL
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31. Trio: "See the flags and the streamers curling"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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32. Aria: "Our next motion"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 32 kB Copyright: CPDL
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33. Chorus: "Destruction's our delight"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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34. Dance: The witches' dance
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 42 kB Copyright: CPDL
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35a-b. Aria: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - Trio: "See, madam where the Prince appears"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-12). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CPDL
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36. Chorus: "Great minds against themselves conspire"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-27). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
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37. Aria: "Thy hand Belinda, darkness shades me"
- Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2013-08-18). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 132 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original instrumentation. Please email me if you require a transposition.
- Editor: John Kilpatrick (submitted 2009-05-01). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 69 kB (full score 12 pages, 83KB) Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Set for wind quartet, soprano solo, and SATB choir (or a cappella). Vocal and full scores available, and instrument parts.
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-06). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 27 kB Copyright: CPDL
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38. Ground, Aria and Ritornello: "When I am laid in earth"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-17). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB Copyright: CPDL
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39. Chorus: "With drooping wings"
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-07). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CPDL
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40. Epilogue: "All that we know the angels do above"
General Information
Title: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
plus 9 solo roles: 2 mezzo-sopranos, 5 sopranos, 2 tenors
Genre: Secular, Opera
Language: English
Instruments: Strings: Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello, Basso Continuo/Harpsichord)
First published: 1841 Musical Antiquarian Society
2nd published: 1889 Purcell Society Works ed. Cummings
3rd published: 1925 ed. Dent (after Tenbury version)
Description: Fowler's edition CPDL #11860: is based on MS 1266 (5) at St. Michaels College, Tenbury, a mid-18c copy. The earliest printed scores (1841 & 1889) follow 4 late-18c mss., making the Sorceress a bass and calling Belinda "Anna", besides differing considerably in musical details.
External websites:
- Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (Henry Purcell) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (Henry Purcell).
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Dido and Aeneas.
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