Henry Purcell
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
"Purcell" redirects here. You may be looking for Daniel Purcell. See also the disambiguation page for Purcell.
Life
Born: 10 September 1659
Died: 21 November 1695
Biography
View the Wikipedia article on Henry Purcell.
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Henry Purcell compositions
| ICON | SOURCE |
|---|---|
 |
File details |
 |
Help |
Sacred works
- Alleluia (3 editions available)
- Blow up the trumpet (
) - Declare His Honour (2 editions available)
- Evening Hymn, An (
) (2 editions available) - Funeral Music for Queen Mary
- Choral Score (2 editions available)
- Canzona ( Encore )
- Hear My Prayer (4 editions available)
- I was glad (2 editions available)
- I Will Give Thanks Unto Thee (
MIDI ) - In God's Word Will I Rejoice (2 editions available) an excerpt from Be merciful unto me
- In guilty night ( )
- In the Midst of Life ( )
- Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z.135 (2 editions available)
- Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us ( MIDI )
- Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry (2 editions available)
- Lord, Not to Us ( Sibelius 2 )
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in B flat (2 editions available)
- Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in g minor various editions available
- O God the king of glory ( )
- O God, Thou Art My God ( Sibelius )
- O sing unto the Lord ( Sibelius )
- Rejoice in the Lord alway ( )
- Remember not, Lord, our offences (2 editions available)
- Sing, ye faithful ( )
- Te Deum & Jubilate (3 editions available)
- Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts ( Finale 1998 )
- Thy word is a lantern ( )
Dramatic works
- Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 Opera (1689)
- Dido's Lament and Chorus ( ) PDFs and Midis available
- King Arthur (2 editions available)
Secular works
- 10 catches ( Finale 2002 )
- Bacchus is a pow'r divine ( )
- Britons, strike home! ( )
- A Catch in the Play of the Knights of Malta ( LilyPond )
- A Catch by way of an Epistle ( LilyPond )
- Come, ye Sons of Art, birthday ode for Queen Mary (1694), Z 323 (multiple editions available)
- Down with Bacchus ( )
- Fairest isle ( )
- Fairest Isle (King Arthur) (2 editions available)
- Fie, nay, prithee John ( )
- Five Reasons ( )
- The Glass was just timed ( )
- He that drinks is immortal ( )
- Here's a health ( )
- Hush, no more ( )
- I attempt from love's sickness to fly (2 editions available)
- I gave her cakes and I gave her ale ( )
- If Love's a Sweet Passion (2 editions available)
- If Music be the Food of Love (2 editions available)
- In these delightful pleasant Groves ( )
- The Mavis (3 editions available)
- An Old Epitaph ( )
- Tis women ( )
- Tom the Taylor ( LilyPond )
- Upon the Viol, a Catch ( LilyPond )
- What shall I do to show ( )
- Wine in a morning ( )
List of solo vocal works
| ICON | SOURCE |
|---|---|
|
File details |
|
Help |
- And in each track of Glory ( )
- Anacreon's Defeat ( )
- Bacchus is a pow'r divine (
- The bashful Thames ( )
- Begin the Song
- Celia Has a Thousand Charms ( )
- Charon the peacefull Shade invites ( )
- Crown the Altar, Deck the Shrine ( )
- 5 Duets from Orpheus Britannicus link to external site removed due to copyright concerns
- Sound the trumpet
- Lost is my quiet
- What can we poor females do?
- No, resistance is but vain
- Shepherd, leave decoying
- For Love ev'ry Creature is form'd ( )
- Hark! each Tree its silence breaks ( )
- Hark! The Ecchoing Air a Triumph Sings ( )
- Hark! how the songsters of the grove ( )
- Hence! Hence! Hence with your trifling deity ( )
- Here the Deities approve ( )
- I loved fair Celia ( )
- I See She Flies Me ( )
- If Musick be the food of Love ( )
- In vain the amorous flute (2 editions available)
- Let all Mankind the Pleasure share ( )
- Let us Dance, let us Sing ( )
- Love Arms Himself in Celia's Eyes ( )
- Love Quickly is Pall'd ( )
- Love thou art best of Humane Joys ( )
- Musick for a While (2 editions available)
- Next winter comes slowly ( Finale 2006 )
- Nymphs and Shepherds come away ( )
- O let me weep ( )
- Return fond Muse ( )
- A Serenading Song ( Finale 2000 ) full score and parts available
- Shepherd Leave Decoying ( )
- Since the toils and hazards of war ( )
- Sing, sing, ye Druids ( )
- Sound the Trumpet (multiple editions available)
- Sound Trumpet Sound, beat ev'ry Drum ( )
- Strike the Viol (multiple editions available)
- Sweeter Than Roses ( )
- They shall be happy ( )
- To Arms, your Ensigns straight Display ( )
- Thou tun'st this World below ( )
- Turn then thine Eyes ( )
- We the Spirits of the Air ( )
- What a sad Fate ( )
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
External links
- Biography on HOASM
- The Last Renaissance Man - Fiction novel, based on Purcell's life
- Purcell on the Chainki wiki of links
- A scan of the original engraving of "Tis Nature's Voice" (PDF)
- A scan of the original engraving of "A song sung by the girl in The Tempest" (PDF)
- Complete list of works
- Another reference for works