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'''Published:''' 1691
'''Published:''' 1691


'''Description:''' Duet taken from [[Orpheus Britannicus]], published 1721. Originally a verse from the act 4 Passacaille of [[King Arthur (Henry Purcell)|King Arthur]].
'''Description:''' Duet taken from [[Orpheus Britannicus]], published 1721. Originally a verse from the act 4 Passacaille of [[King Arthur, Z 628 (Henry Purcell)|King Arthur]].


'''External websites:'''
'''External websites:'''

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Editor: William Long (submitted 2009-06-06).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Transposed from g minor to d minor.

General Information

Title: For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: John Dryden

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SB

Genre: SecularAria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: 1691

Description: Duet taken from Orpheus Britannicus, published 1721. Originally a verse from the act 4 Passacaille of King Arthur.

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Original text and translations

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For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd by his Nature:
No Joyes are above the pleasures of Love.