For love ev'ry creature is form'd, Z 628/30a (Henry Purcell)
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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: Secular, Aria
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
English text
For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd by his Nature:
No Joyes are above the pleasures of Love.