Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 (Henry Purcell)

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Complete work (as preserved - some movements lost)

  • (Posted 2020-04-11)  CPDL #57937:   
Editor: Calebe Barros (submitted 2020-04-11).   Score information: A4, 78 pages, 1.71 MB   Copyright: CC BY NC SA
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2006-06-12)  CPDL #11860:        (Sibelius 4)
Orchestral Parts: (5 PDFs)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-12).   Score information: Letter, 143 pages, 1.14 MB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
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Individual movements

1. Overture

1.1 Prologue (music lost)

  • (Posted 2006-04-17)  CPDL #11476:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-17).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Act 1

2a-b. Aria: "Shake the cloud from off your brow" - Chorus: "Banish sorrow, banish care"

  • (Posted 2006-04-23)  CPDL #11531:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-23).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

3. Aria and Ritornello: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11719:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL

4. Duet: "Grief increases by concealing"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11720:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

5. Chorus: "When monarchs unite"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11721:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

6. Trio: "Whence could so much virtue spring?"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11722:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

7. Duet and Chorus: "Fear no danger"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11723:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 57 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

8. Trio: "See, your royal guest appears"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11724:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 33 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

9. Chorus: "Cupid only throws the dart"

  • (Posted 2006-05-15)  CPDL #11725:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-15).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

10. Aria: "If not for mine"

  • (Posted 2006-05-16)  CPDL #11730:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-16).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 26 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

11. Prelude and Aria: "Pursue thy conquest, love"

  • (Posted 2006-05-16)  CPDL #11731:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-16).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 43 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

11a. Dance guitars chaconny (music lost)

12. Chorus: "To the hills and the vales"

Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2006-05-17)  CPDL #11738:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-17).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

13. Dance: The triumphing dance

  • (Posted 2006-05-18)  CPDL #11740:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-18).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 54 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

Act 2

14. Prelude and Aria: "Wayward sisters"

  • (Posted 2006-05-19)  CPDL #11750:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-19).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

15. Chorus: "Harm's our delight"

  • (Posted 2006-05-20)  CPDL #11754:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-20).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 36 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

16. Aria: "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate"

  • (Posted 2006-05-21)  CPDL #11756:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 27 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

17. Chorus: "Ho ho ho!"

  • (Posted 2006-05-21)  CPDL #11757:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

18. Witches' Trio: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun"

  • (Posted 2006-05-21)  CPDL #11758:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

19. Chorus: "Ho ho ho!"

  • (Posted 2006-05-21)  CPDL #11759:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 36 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

20. Chorus: "Witches' Duet - But ere we this perform"

  • (Posted 2006-05-22)  CPDL #11763:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-22).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 43 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

21. Chorus: "In our deep vaulted cell"

  • (Posted 2006-05-24)  CPDL #11773:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-24).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

22. "Echo dance of the furies"

  • (Posted 2006-05-25)  CPDL #11774:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-25).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

23. Ritornello

  • (Posted 2006-05-25)  CPDL #11775:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-25).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

24a. Aria: "Thanks to these lonesome vales"

  • (Posted 2006-05-28)  CPDL #11786:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-28).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 33 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

24b. Chorus: "Thanks to these lonesome vales"

  • (Posted 2006-05-29)  CPDL #11794:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-29).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL

24bb. Guitar ground a dance (music lost)

Edition notes:

25a. Aria: "Oft she visits this lone mountain"

  • (Posted 2006-05-30)  CPDL #11796:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-30).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

25b. Ritornello: "A Dance to entertain Aeneas by Dido's Women"

  • (Posted 2006-05-31)  CPDL #11798:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-31).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

26. Aria: "Behold, upon my bended spear"

  • (Posted 2006-06-03)  CPDL #11805:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-03).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

27. Aria and Chorus: "Haste, haste to town"

  • (Posted 2006-06-04)  CPDL #11816:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

28. Duet: "Stay, Prince"

  • (Posted 2006-06-04)  CPDL #11818:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

28a. Witches chorus (words and music lost)

28b. Groves Dance (music lost)

Act 3

29. Prelude and Aria: "Come away, fellow sailors"

  • (Posted 2017-11-19)  CPDL #47507:       
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.
  • (Posted 2006-04-18)  CPDL #11493:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-18).   Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

30. Dance: The sailor's dance

  • (Posted 2006-04-20)  CPDL #11521:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-20).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 31 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

31. Trio: "See the flags and the streamers curling"

  • (Posted 2006-04-22)  CPDL #11523:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

32. Aria: "Our next motion"

  • (Posted 2006-04-22)  CPDL #11526:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 32 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

33. Chorus: "Destruction's our delight"

  • (Posted 2006-04-22)  CPDL #11527:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-22).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

34. Dance: The witches' dance

  • (Posted 2006-06-04)  CPDL #11819:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-04).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

35a-b. Aria: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - Trio: "See, madam where the Prince appears"

  • (Posted 2006-06-12)  CPDL #11857:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-12).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

36. Chorus: "Great minds against themselves conspire"

  • (Posted 2006-05-27)  CPDL #11778:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-05-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

37. Aria: "Thy hand Belinda, darkness shades me"

  • (Posted 2013-08-18)  CPDL #29874:     
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.
  • (Posted 2009-05-01)  CPDL #19367:  Network.png PDFs and Midi available
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.
  • (Posted 2006-06-06)  CPDL #11824:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-06).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 27 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

38. Ground, Aria and Ritornello: "When I am laid in earth"

  • (Posted 2006-04-17)  CPDL #11479:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-04-17).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 38 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

39. Chorus: "With drooping wings"

  • (Posted 2006-06-07)  CPDL #11836:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2006-06-07).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

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:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Dido and Aeneas.                                            

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