Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)

		Movements/Sections 3 acts Composition Year Spring 1689 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For 4 recorders (arr); For 4 players; Scores featuring the recorder; For 2 harpsichords (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord; For 2 players; For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ

Performances

• Recordings (1)
• Synthesized/MIDI (1)

Recordings

 Thy Hand, Belinda... When I am laid... With drooping wings
*#121207 - 8.08MB - 8:47 -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 2113x⇩

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Performer (9 September 2011)

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New Trinity Baroque (Period-instrument ensemble)
Predrag Gosta (Conductor, Harpsichord, Organ)

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New Trinity Baroque

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Edition Lilac

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For more information about New Trinity Baroque, visit http://www.newtrinitybaroque.org

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Synthesized/MIDI

 Dido's Lament from Act III (organ)
*#153626 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 117x⇩

MID file (audio/video)
M. Lanoiselée (19 November 2011)

Performers:

Marc Boniteau

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Marc Boniteau

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag all]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Scores

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (1)
• Vocal Scores (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (14)

Full Scores

 Complete score
*#01974 - 8.07MB, 108 pages -  5.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (13) - V/V/V - 13010x⇩

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Feldmahler (26 October 2006)

Editor:

William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915)

Publisher Info.:

The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.III
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1889. Plate 7590

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Low Quality

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 Act III. Dido's Lament
*#132261 - 0.09MB, 3 pages -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 3730x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Pierre Gouin (3 October 2011)

Editor:

Pierre Gouin - Contact

Publisher Info.:

Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag all]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Parts

 Basso (Cellos, Basses, other Continuo)
*#53359 - 1.35MB, 25 pages -  6.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 1989x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Bart Dunn
Bart Dunn (18 January 2010)

Editor:

John Henry Fowler, Bart Dunn

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Bart Dunn

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constructed part from John Henry Fowler's edition

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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete score
*#36466 - 6.37MB, 66 pages -  9.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 7689x⇩

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Carolus (6 August 2009)

Arranger:

William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915), piano reduction

Editor:

William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. (ca.1892). Plate 8015

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Selections

 36. Thy Hand, Belinda
37. When I am Laid in Earth
*#36830 - 0.19MB, 2 pages -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 7877x⇩

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operalala (11 August 2009)

Arranger:

William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915), piano reduction

Editor:

William Hayman Cummings (18311915)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. (ca.1892). Plate 8015

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For 4 Recorders (Tennent)

 Complete Suite
*#116491 - 0.14MB, 11 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 491x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Banish Sorrow
*#116492 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 141x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Fear No Danger
*#116493 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 102x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Cupid Only Throws the Dart
*#116494 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 74x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 To the Hills and the Vales
*#116495 - 0.04MB, 2 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 77x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 In Our Deep Vaulted Cell
*#116496 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 61x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Thanks to these Lonesome Vales
*#116497 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 74x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Come Away Fellow Sailors
*#116498 - 0.03MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 138x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire
*#116499 - 0.02MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 87x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

 With Drooping Wings
*#116500 - 0.05MB, 2 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 209x⇩

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R. D. Tennent (31 August 2011)

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R.D. Tennent

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Kingston: R.D. Tennent

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.

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Overture to the Prologue

For 2 Harpsichords (Gouin)

 Complete score
*#132255 - 0.12MB, 4 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 211x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Pierre Gouin (3 October 2011)

Arranger:

Pierre Gouin - Contact

Publisher Info.:

Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag all]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. Adapted from Appendix of the Novello vocal and full score edited by M. Laurie and Thurston Dart in 1966-1974.

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Act III. Dances

For Harpsichord solo (Gouin)

 Complete score
*#132256 - 0.10MB, 4 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 273x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Pierre Gouin (3 October 2011)

Arranger:

Pierre Gouin - Contact

Publisher Info.:

Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2005

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag all]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Act III. Dido's Lament

For Organ (Boniteau)

 Complete score
*#137306 - 0.04MB, 3 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1005x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Marc Boniteau
Marc lanoiselee (15 October 2011)

 Engraving files (Finale 2008)
*#184367 - 0.06MB, ? pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 58x⇩

ZIP file, Typeset by Marc Boniteau
Marc lanoiselee (6 March 2012)

Arranger:

Marc Boniteau

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Marc Boniteau

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General Information

Work Title	Dido and Aeneas
Alternative Title	Dido and Æneas

Composer	Purcell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue Number	Z.626
Movements/Sections	3 acts
Year/Date of Composition	Spring 1689
First Publication	1689
Librettist	Nahum Tate (1652–1715)
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soli, chorus, orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article