Oedipus, Z.583 (Purcell, Henry)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 songs
Composition Year 1692
Genre Categories Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; English language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 2. Musick for a While (EU)
#716554 - 7.97MB - 6:57 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/N/V - 1935×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/16)

Performer Pages Helen Watts (contralto)
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba)
Publisher Info. L'Oiseau-Lyre / London Records, 1958. OL 50173.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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Accompaniments

 2. Musick for a While
#483525 - 5.59MB - 4:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 896×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

MP3 file (audio)
Free Pianist (2017/7/23)

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment only in G minor
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Synthesized/MIDI

Musick for a While

 2. Musick for a While
#418359 - 0.00MB - 3:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 540×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

MID file (audio/video)
Rdtennent (2016/4/9)

Publisher Info. R.D. Tennent
Performers PhotoScore
Copyright
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#718643 - 6.76MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 447×⇩ - Royal College o...

PDF scanned by Royal College of Music Library
Royal College o... (2021/7/23)

Copyist Robert Pindar (fl.1765)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1765.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 993
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 Complete Score
#508739 - 2.55MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1000×⇩ - Fynnjamin

PDF scanned by CDN-Tu
Fynnjamin (2018/1/13)

Publisher. Info. London: B. Goodison, n.d.(ca.1790).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Publisher's information not included on title-page
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 Complete Score
#817780 - 2.34MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 375×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/10/25)

Editor Alan Gray (1855–1935)
Publisher. Info. The Works of Henry Purcell, Vol.XXI (pp.1-18)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1917. Plate 14350.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Selections

Musick for a While

 2. Musick for a While
#418358 - 0.06MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 38499×⇩ - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2016/4/9)

Editor R.D. Tennent
Publisher. Info. R.D. Tennent
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Harpsichord (Dent)

 2. Musick for a While
#438804 - 0.12MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7520×⇩ - Stringph

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Stringph (2016/9/11)

Arranger Thomas Dent
Publisher. Info. Thomas Dent
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General Information

Work Title Oedipus
Alternative. Title Incidental music
Composer Purcell, Henry
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Z.583
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IHP 53
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 songs:
Act III
1. Trio (alto, tenor & bass): Hear ye sullen powers below
2. Song (alto): Music for a while
3. Solo (bass) & Trio (alto, tenor & bass): Come away, do not stay
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1692
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 10 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
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